nuanced

English

Etymology

From 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.

   • 1989, R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word: 1-9:1‎^[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^[2]:

     ...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), détaillé (fr)
• German: nuanciert (de)
• Hungarian: árnyalt (hu)
• Italian: dettagliato (it)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: нијансирана f (nijansirana)
• Spanish: matizado (es), detallado (es)
• Swedish: nyanserad (sv)

Verb

nuanced

1. simple past and past participle of nuance

Anagrams

• uncaned