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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUB'TILTY, n. [L. subtilitas.]
1. Thinness; fineness; exility; in a physical sense; as the subtilty of air or light; the subtilty of sounds.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness.
Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtilty in nice divisions.
3. Slyness in design; cunning; artifice; usually but less properly written subtlety.

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century subtlety

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Subtilty Sub"til*ty, n. [Contr. fr. subtility.] 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness. 2. Fineness, slenderness. 3. Refinement, extreme nicety, subtlety, acuteness. 4. Slyness, cunning, artifice, craft, subtlety.