Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“subtilty” is a form of

subtlety

/ˈsʌt(ə)lti/ noun

Forms subtleties subtilty

  1. noun The quality of being scarcely noticeable or difficult to discern. (of things) “the subtlety of the Mona Lisa’s smile”
  2. noun The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things) “the subtlety of a writer’s analysis / of a singer’s phrasing”
  3. noun The quality of being able to achieve one's aims through clever, delicate or indirect methods. (of people) “With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.”
  4. noun The quality of being able to notice or understand things that are not obvious. (of people)
  5. noun (countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction. “The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.”
  6. noun (countable, historical) An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another. “At the king's coronation feast, several subtleties were served between main courses.”
  7. noun (uncountable, countable, archaic) The quality of being clever in surreptitious or deceitful behaviour; an act or argument that shows this quality.
  8. noun (countable, obsolete) A trick that creates a false appearance.

Synonyms

refinement discretion finesse savoir-faire acumen perceptiveness perspicacity nicety nuance artifice craftiness cunning deceitfulness slyness trickery deception illusion penetrancy piercingness shade niceness

Etymology

From Middle English sotilte, from Old French sutilté, inherited from Latin subtīlitās, from subtīlis (“subtle”). Equivalent to subtle + -ty. Doublet of subtility.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.
  2. noun Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

Etymology [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See Subtle, and cf. Subtility.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “subtlety”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “subtlety” (best matches first).