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Nuanced
Today’s word is Scrutinize.
What it means
- adjective
Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.
“The setting sunlight played through the gently waving branches, creating subtly nuanced transitions of color and tone.”
- verb
simple past and past participle of nuance
Where it comes from
Nuance came into English from French, from Latin nubes, a cloud: a slight shade of color. Nuanced means those shades are being noticed.
In a sentence
- It's more nuanced than that.by shekitten, Tatoeba
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