subtle form

collocation in English

meaningsofsubtleandform

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subtle
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌt.əl/us
/ˈsʌt̬.əl/
not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofsubtleandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubtle form

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The sound of the voice is the result of bodily movements in their mostsubtleform.
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The idea of adding an act to the alternatives already contemplated may take a moresubtleform.
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Continuities may present but in a moresubtleform.
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This example illustrates asubtleformof feature interaction.
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Theoretical biologists, however, have shown that something that looks a lot like altruism can arise from asubtleformof self-interest.
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The stateness problem of bureaucratic capacity often assumed asubtleform.
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In this case a rather moresubtleformof containment was implemented by the reporting committee.
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Far from disappearing, age-ordering may have been transformed into a moresubtleform, representing a new dynamic of change.
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The mostsubtleformof evasion is embodied in those responses that alter the terms of the question ever so slightly.
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Assimilation had produced asubtleformof dependency.
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However, a moresubtleformof sexism operates around issues of credibility.
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Bad driving is a moresubtleformof selfishness.
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It is a much more extensive and much moresubtleformof robbery than that.
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Democracy is asubtleformof government in some respects.
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It is sponsorship of a mostsubtleform.
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It will probably take the moresubtleformof minimising such people, and accusing them of doing the dirty work of fouling our nest.
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But it is a far moresubtleformof imperialism than the gunboat imperialism of the 19th century.
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It will probably take another 10 years for the value of thissubtleformof family education or social engineering to become clear.
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He presents them in a much moresubtleform, and because of that they are much more dangerous.
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That is a verysubtleformof argument, because it is difficult to meet it except by the expression of personal views.
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