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subtly

/ˈsʌt.l̩.li/

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What does subtly mean?

adverb

  1. With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsʌt.l̩.li/

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Nothing had been said, but a sense of trouble subtly diffused itself through those who saw him go out.
William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamProject Gutenberg ebook #154
The style was easy and smooth and flowing, yet there was something subtly foreign about it—something tropically ornate and sentimental and rhetorical.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
More book examples (3)
Even more subtly with no show of horror or condemnation, they had gathered something--far from the truth, but something pretty clear--about poverty, vice, and crime.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
When Roy had gone she sat for a long time in the pavilion, watching a white mist creeping subtly and remorselessly landward up the harbor.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
It appears incredible to me that any kind of trick, however subtly conceived and however adroitly done, could have been played upon us under these conditions.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe Time MachineProject Gutenberg ebook #35