ETYM From Delicate.
1. Refined taste; tact; SYN. discretion.
2. Smallness of stature; SYN. slightness.
3. Subtly skillful handling of a situation; SYN. diplomacy, discreetness, finesse.

ETYM From Fine.
1. Having a very fine texture; SYN. powderiness.
2. The property of being very narrow or thin; SYN. thinness.
3. The quality of being very good indeed; SYN. choiceness.

ETYM Cf. French raffinement.
1. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression; SYN. breeding, genteelness, gentility.
2. The result of improving something; SYN. elaboration.

ETYM Old Eng. sotelte, sutilte, Old Fren. sotillete, Latin subtilitas. Related to Subtle, Subtility.
The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; SYN. niceness.