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Dictionary
1. (n.) The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

2. (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

3. (n.) Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.

Thesaurus
Italian hand absoluteness accuracy acquired taste acuteness airiness airy nothing animal cunning apparent soundness appreciation appreciation of differences appreciation of excellence appreciativeness art artfulness artifice artistic judgment astuteness attention to detail attention to fact bodilessness cageyness callidity canniness care for truth casuistry choiceness circularity circumstantiality civilized taste civilizedness cleverness complexity complexness complication connoisseurship conscientiousness convolution correctness crabbedness craft craftiness critical niceness criticality criticalness cultivated taste cultivation culture cunning cunningness daintiness deceptiveness delicacy delicate distinction detail deviousness differentia differential discriminating taste discriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness disingenuousness distinction distortion elegance entanglement equivocalness equivocation ethereality evasive reasoning exactingness exactitude exactness excellence exquisiteness faithfulness fallaciousness fallacy fastidiousness faultlessness feel feeling fidelity fine Italian hand fine palate fine point fineness finesse finicality finicalness finickiness finickingness flawlessness flimsiness foxiness fussiness gamesmanship good taste grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness guile guilefulness hairline immateriality impalpability imponderability incorporeality ingeniousness insidiousness insincerity insolidity insubstantiality intangibility intricacy intricateness inventiveness involution involvement jesuitism jesuitry judiciousness literalism literality literalness low cunning making distinctions margin mathematical precision meticulousness minuteness misapplication mistiness mystification narrow margin nice distinction niceness niceness of distinction nicety nuance obfuscation obscurantism one-upmanship oversubtlety palate particle of difference particularity particularness pawkiness perfection perplexity perversion philosophism plausibility plausibleness point of difference polish preciseness precisianism precision punctiliousness punctuality quality ramification rareness rarity rationalization readiness refined discrimination refined palate refinement resourcefulness right rightness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness satanic cunning scrupulosity scrupulousness selectiveness sense sensibility sensitivity severity shade of difference sharpness shiftiness shrewdness slickness slightness slipperiness slyness sneakiness sophism sophistical reasoning sophistication sophistry special pleading speciosity specious reasoning speciousness stealth stealthiness strictness subtility subtilty subtle distinction subtleness suppleness tact tactfulness tanglement taste tastefulness technicality tenuity tenuousness textualism the letter thinness treachery trickiness unconcreteness unreality unsolidity unsubstantiality unsubstantialness vagueness vicious circle vicious reasoning wariness wide margin wiles wiliness wit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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