In the second place, the spirit being more subtil and more volatile (resolubile) than blood, it needs a stronger habitation and better supports.
Oh noble Sir your vertues Cannot look into the subtil thoughts of woman.
He seemed to think that the universe was God, and that souls were material, Thought being only subtil and unperceptible motion.
How-so it be that som men hem delyte With subtil art hir tales for to endyte, Yet for al that, in hir entencioun, Hir tale is al for som conclusioun.
For it nis nat leveful to man to comprehenden by wit, ne unfolden by word, alle the subtil ordinaunces and disposiciouns of the divyne entente.
Ye say well, said Sir Launcelot, God preserve me from your subtil crafts.
All this made Merlin by hissubtil craft; and there he told the king, When I am dead these tapers shall burn no longer; and soon after the adventures of the Sangreal shall come among you and be achieved.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
Fantoms appear by the dull gloomy light, } That with such subtil Art delude the sight, } That one can see no Object true or right.
Now the Serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.
And over that it causeth yet A man to be subtilof wit, To work in gold, and to be wise In everything, which is of prise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "subtil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
