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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a subtle kind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particular type or category that is nuanced or not immediately obvious.
Example: "She has a subtle kind of humor that often goes unnoticed by those who don't pay attention."
Alternatives: "a nuanced type" or "a delicate sort".
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The old psychology is thus dominated by a subtle kind of religious philosophy".
The two tenors — Mr. Liebman left his soprano at home — presented a subtle kind of contrast.
"It's a subtle kind of apartheid, but more cruel than the colonialism Colombia threw off from Spain".
I think what you see with her is a subtle kind of power, but a power nonetheless".
Halfway between homely and aggressive, the new 1950s-style manisure is a subtle kind of boast: anachronistic but assertive.
And there's also a subtle kind of pressure in Washington circles to seem to know what you actually don't — to be one of the insiders.
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Goals may have been at a premium but the entertainment was of a subtler kind.
The odd man out was John Cage, whose 1942 piece "Credo in US" practices a subtler kind of subversion, combining live percussion with a madcap collage of classical recordings.
Still, just maintaining concentration in this episodic 40-minute sonata, as Ms. Cooper did throughout her sensitive performance, requires a subtler kind of virtuosity.
But humour of a subtler kind and a taste for surprise have never left him.When you first hear Mr Ligeti's music, it can sound frozen or static, as if not going anywhere.
Michael Connelly takes a break from the exhausting labors of fictional police work to pursue a more abstract line of detection and a subtler kind of criminal cruelty in CHASING THE DIME (Little, Brown, $25.95).
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