Definition of "supersubtle" [su•per•sub•tle]

• Very tenuous or rarefied. (adjective)

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• "James himself once described his complicated, nuanced characters as supersubtle fry."
• "Make all the money thou canst: if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her; therefore make money."
• "This latter case may be accounted for in two ways: sometimes a reader is supersubtle and imagines embellishments that do not exist; and sometimes the poet builds better than he knows."