nuanced

nuanced

English

Etymology

nuance +‎ -ed

Adjective

nuanced (comparative more nuanced, superlative most nuanced)

1. 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 as the shadows swept back and forth in the rosy glow.

   • 1989, R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word: 1-9:1:

     I would like to have heard his intonation delicately nuanced so as to carry the greatest punch. I would like to have seen the changes of expression that played across his face as he spoke.

   • 1998, Meredith Parsons Lillich, The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre:

     ...the pattern normally straightens into an almost pure latticework of identical quarries and the foliage painting becomes much more nuanced and delicate.

Translations

having nuances

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 具有細微差別的, 具有细微差别的 (jùyǒu xìwéi chābié de), 細緻入微, 细致入微 (xìzhì rùwēi), 精確／精确 (zh) (jīngquè), 複雜／复杂 (zh) (fùzá) Finnish: vivahteikas French: nuancé (fr) German: nuanciert (de) Russian: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: нијансирана f (nijansirana) Spanish: matizado (es) Swedish: nyanserad (sv)

Verb

nuanced

1. simple past tense and past participle of nuance

Anagrams

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