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то́нкость — meaning in English

tonkost

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English meaning

  • detail noun A small, specific fact or feature, especially one easy to overlook.
  • finesse noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  • nuance noun A subtle difference or shade of meaning, feeling, or tone.
  • subtlety noun The quality of being delicate, faint, or not obvious.
  • thinness noun The state or quality of being thin.

Senses

то́нкость is used for these senses in English:

  • detail A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
  • nuance Subtlety or fine detail.
  • subtlety The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things)
  • thinness The state or quality of being thin.

detail — full definition

  1. noun A small, specific fact or feature, especially one easy to overlook.
  2. verb To describe something fully, covering all its specific points.
  3. verb To clean a vehicle thoroughly, inside and out.

finesse — full definition

  1. noun Skilful and delicate handling of a difficult or sensitive situation.
  2. verb To handle a tricky situation cleverly or skilfully, often to get around a problem.

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