Usually means: Not obvious, delicately complex, understated.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word subtle:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. subtle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. subtle: Merriam-Webster
  3. subtle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. subtle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. subtle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. subtle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Subtle, subtle: Wordnik
  8. subtle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. subtle: Wiktionary
  10. subtle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. subtle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. subtle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. subtle: Dictionary.com
  14. subtle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. subtle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Subtle (band), Subtle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Subtle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. subtle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. subtle: Rhymezone
  20. subtle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. subtle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. subtle: FreeDictionary.org
  23. subtle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. subtle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. subtle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subtle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Subtle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. subtle: Medical dictionary

(Note: See subtleness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.
adjective:  Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.
adjective:  (of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
adjective:  Designed to blend in; inconspicuous, nonintrusive.
adjective:  (of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
adjective:  Insidious.
adjective:  Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
adjective:  (obsolete) Refined; exquisite.

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