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Webster 1913 Edition


Supersubtle

Suˊper-sub′tle

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Adj.
Too subtle.
Shak.

Definition 2024


supersubtle

supersubtle

English

Adjective

supersubtle (comparative more supersubtle, superlative most supersubtle)

  1. Very tenuous or rarefied.
    • 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima.
      She was introduced to Madame Grandoni, and tea was immediately served; Hyacinth being gratefully conscious the while of the supersubtle way in which Lady Aurora forebore to appear bewildered at meeting him in such society.