nuanced

comparative more nuanced · superlative most nuanced

1. Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.

   The setting sunlight played through the gently waving branches, creating subtly nuanced transitions of color and tone.

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   I would like to have heard his intonation delicately nuanced so as to carry the greatest punch. I would like to have seen the changes of expression that played across his face as he spoke.

   1989, R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word: 1-9:1

   ...the pattern normally straightens into an almost pure latticework of identical quarries and the foliage painting becomes much more nuanced and delicate.

   1998, Meredith Parsons Lillich, The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre

   The good news is that Disney has tried to be even more thoughtful and nuanced with its oppression metaphors this time around. The bad news is that the Mouse House also seems less invested in Zootopia as an artistic effort, churning out a sequel that feels more like a Disney+ TV show than an animated epic.

   2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club

   Antonyms: naive

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of nuance