Subtlety, Subtilty See also Craftiness; Deceit; Guile brother came with subtilty, and hath taken, Gen. 27:35. that they might take Jesus by subtilty, Matt. 26:4. O full of all subtilty and all mischief, Acts 13:10. serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, 2Â Cor. 11:3. an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, 2Â Ne. 5:24. subtle plan, as to the subtlety of the devil, Alma 12:4.