Etymology

subtleness

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Today it means: The property of being subtle, of avoiding brute force and instead being clever or skillful. Full definition →

Middle English sotilnes
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsotilnes
  2. English todaysubtleness

From Middle English sotilnes; equivalent to subtle + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.