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Not obvious and requiring care to notice or understand.

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subtle

A subtle change in wording altered the promise being made.
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Two actors offered different versions of the final speech, and each rendition drew attention to a different part of the text. In one, a subtle pause before the traveler's last sentence suggested reluctance to leave without adding any new words.
From Tone Changes What We Hear.
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