Are you "nuanced"?

[Wilson Gray]

Damn! I sure wish that he had written what he meant! Sigh! :-)

-Wilson

On 12/6/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Not in OED:
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>   2003 Michael C.C. Adams _Echoes of War_ (Lexington: U.P. of Ky.) xi: I believe that many lay readers want to be discriminating and nuanced in their understanding of history.
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>   Prof. Adams means, "aware of nuances or subtleties; perspicacious."
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>   JL
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