1. (n.) The quality or state of being subtle; thinness; fineness; as, the subtlety of air or light.

2. (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.

3. (n.) Cunning; skill; craft.

4. (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.

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