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Significados de subtle em inglês

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.

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        Neither clear nor manifest to the understanding.

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              Examples for "insidious"
              1
              Financial abuse is one of the most insidious types of family violence.
              The Guardian
              2
              It's an insidious tactic used by corporations, activists and political parties alike.
              News.com.au
              3
              The online sale of counterfeits is an increasingly insidious problem for manufacturers.
              Wired
              4
              The wisest of plans are open to the insidious entrance of error.
              The Settler and the Savage
              5
              They are right: bullying is all too insidious, and too readily accepted.
              The Guardian
              1
              The effects are particularly pernicious for children whose lungs are still developing.
              The Guardian
              2
              The dead lie in heaps and layers in the invisible, pernicious poison.
              Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
              3
              Perhaps the most pernicious danger is that of infant and toddler food.
              The Guardian
              4
              You may not fear carbs today, but the anti-carb camps are pernicious.
              Climbing Magazine
              5
              The passive defense is always pernicious; the active may accomplish great successes.
              The Art of War

              Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.

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                    Subtle.

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                            Uso de subtle em inglês
                            1
                            But notice the subtle change in the form the second question takes.
                            Wired
                            2
                            That said; a slightly inflexible approach could hamper progress in subtle ways.
                            The South African
                            3
                            Questions don't come any more subtle than how to get democracy right.
                            The Irish Times
                            4
                            Or was your question a subtle way of asking whether I'm married?
                            The Sails of Tau Ceti
                            5
                            New beginnings and second chances could develop on a very subtle level.
                            The South African
                            6
                            A study published last year suggests their effects might be subtle only.
                            BBC
                            7
                            However, the manufacturers listed the side-effects simply as subtle discomfort or irritation.
                            Radio NZ
                            8
                            I'd use some really subtle magic, make it look like natural causes.
                            From hell with love
                            9
                            The effect of human activity on our climate is no longer subtle.
                            The South African
                            10
                            The film addresses the revolution in a very subtle way, she said.
                            Reuters
                            11
                            All of this created a subtle change in the American mind set.
                            The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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                            However, a subtle shift is occurring in the nature of their deployment.
                            The Irish Times
                            13
                            It's light and lively and brilliantly subtle, yet has terrific staying power.
                            The Irish Times
                            14
                            However, the effects that we observe are subtle and variable between loci.
                            Pubmed
                            15
                            Public awareness campaigns also have been increasing, with messages becoming less subtle.
                            Reuters
                            16
                            Quickwater made a subtle gesture, first to his right, then straight ahead.
                            Deadly Décisions
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