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Subtlety N Propensity Understatement Slight Barely Noticeable Protest

Front subtlety
Back (n.) propensity of understatement; so slight as to be barely noticeable;
There was no subtlety in the protest; each person carried a sign and yelled for civil rights.
With great subtlety we slipped away from the boring party.

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