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Definition: SUBTLETIES |
SUBTLETIESPlural1. Of Subtlety |
Date "SUBTLETIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Crosswords: SUBTLETIES |
| English words defined with "SUBTLETIES": distinctly ♦ subtilize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SUBTLETIES": Remote Procedure Call. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SUBTLETIES": subtlety. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Padre, there are subtleties! We are not concerned with motives, with the higher ethics. (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Significant figures of our time. 2. Upon the untimely death of his parents he finds work in a hotel kitchen, and has his first introduction to the subtleties of continental cuisine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Travel | Vietnam | Even with the increasing use of English, non-native English speakers will need interpretation to understand the subtleties of the conversation. (references) |
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| "SUBTLETIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SUBTLETIES" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 112 | 30,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SUBTLETIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Feinheiten (acutenesses, niceties, nicety). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ubtletiessay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "SUBTLETIES": supersubtleties. (additional references) | |
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"SUBTLETIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subleties, subtilties, subtlelies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SUBTLETIES" (pronounced su"tultēz) |
| 5 | -u l t ē z | casualties, difficulties, faculties, loyalties, novelties, penalties, royalties, specialities, specialties. |
| 4 | -l t ē z | cruelties, frailties. |
| 3 | -t ē z | abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, amnesties, animosities, annuities, Antes, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, beauties, booties, bounties, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, celebrities, certainties, charities, christies, cities, committees, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, counties, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, diabetes, disabilities, disability, disparities, ditties, divinities, duties, dynasties, eccentricities, eighties, empties, enmities, entities, entreaties, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, fatties, festivities, fidelities, fifties, formalities, forties, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, impurities, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, lefties, legalities, liabilities, liberties, liquidities, localities, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, Montes, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, nineties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, panties, parities, parties, patties, peculiarities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, pretties, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, properties, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, seventies, shanties, similarities, sixties, societies, sororities, sorties, subcommittees, technicalities, thirties, tonalities, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, verities, vigilantes, vulnerabilities, warranties, zlotys. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bluesiest, subtilest, subtitles. | |
-2 letters: bustiest, lustiest, subtitle, subtlest, tubeless. | |
-3 letters: betises, busiest, bustles, butties, ileuses, listees, lutists, settles, sublets, subsite, subtest, subtile, suttees, telesis, tieless, tubists. | |
-4 letters: belies, besets, betels, betise, blites, bluest, bluets, busies, bustle, butles, buttes, elites, elutes, islets, istles, listee, lutist, sestet, settle, sleets, sliest, steels, steles, stiles, stilts, sublet, subset. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: subsatellite. | |
+3 letters: subsatellites. | |
+4 letters: sublieutenants, subliteratures. | |
+5 letters: supersubtleties. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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