[C,U] a very slight difference in meaning, sound, colour or sb's feelings that is not usually very obvious:
He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression. * Her singing has both warmth of sound and delicacy of nuance. * You need to be able to convey the subtle nuances of meaning of each word.
nuanced adjective (rare):
subtle and finely nuanced
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is nuance a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, nuance is tagged as noun.
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