profound and subtle; sophisticated and deep

very small; trifling; slight; minute

(literary) describes something that is distant and faint, or misty and hard to see clearly

minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant; paltry

(literary) far-off; remote; distant; high and far away; blurred or indistinct

elusive; hardly discernible; difficult to identify or see clearly

obscure and indistinct; very unreliable with little chance of success

(literary) describes something that is both delicate and beautiful, or subtle and profound in its meaning

(variant form) ethereal, indistinct, and seemingly floating like mist or smoke