Category:Subtly

Sub"tly, adv.

Defn: 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.