- (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.
- (n.) The quality or state of being subtle or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.
- (n.) Something that is sly, crafty or delusive.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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