nuanced

adjective

nu·anced | \ ˈnü-ˌän(t)st

, ˈnyü-; nü-ˈän(t)st, nyü-\

Definition of nuanced

: having nuances : having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions (as in character or tone) a nuanced performance Whenever the movie focusses on Van Doren and Goodwin and Stempel, it treats them as nuanced human beings. But other characters in the film … are sketched less fully.— Ken Auletta And in this rare instance, the family-friendly franchise isn't a bland, pabulum compromise but a more inspired, nuanced alternative.— Mike Flaherty This more psychologically nuanced self-examination requires that we honestly challenge our beliefs and summon the courage to act on that information, which may lead to fresh ways of thinking about our lives and our goals.— Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield

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Between the lines of lexicographical nuance and quotation, Johnson was paying old debts and seeking out wisdom about himself and his adopted city, as well as compiling perhaps the greatest commonplace book in the history of mankind. — Andrew O'Hagan, New York Review, 27 Apr. 2006

In every silky statement from General Musharraf about the need for a shortu2014in other words: limitedu2014war, and in every nuance of the Pakistani official posture, I was sure I detected the local version of Schadenfreude. — Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, January 2002

To La Farge, eccentricity meant convention; a mind really eccentric never betrayed it. True eccentricity was a toneu2014a shadeu2014a nuanceu2014and the finer the tone, the truer the eccentricity. — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907

He listened to the subtle nuances in the song.

a poem of little depth and nuance

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