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subtly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subtly \Sub"tly\, adv In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly. Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise. --Milton. 2. Nicely; delicately. In the nice bee what sense so subtly true. --Pope. Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind. --Hawthorne. 3. Deceitfully; delusively. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subtly adv : in a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy"
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