Emily Dickinson Lexicon — SUB'TIL-NESS

Definition for SUB'TIL-NESS

SUB'TIL-LY SUB'TIL-TY

SUB'TIL-NESS, n.

Thinness; rareness; as, the subtilness of air.
Fineness; acuteness; as, the subtilness of an argument.
Cunning; artfulness; as, the subtilness of a foe.

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