Subtilty
Pronunciation : Sub"til*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Contr. fr. subtility.]
Definition : 1. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtility in nice divisions. Locke.
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] To learn a lewd man this subtility. Chaucer.
4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. O full of all subtility and all mischief. Acts xiii. 10.
Note: In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written subtlety.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913