Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a subtile manner; thinly; finely.
  • Artfully; skilfully; subtly.

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  • adverb Obsolete form of subtly.

Etymologies

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From subtile +‎ -ly.

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  • "Therefore take that, and take off the pommel, and thereto make ye a pommel of precious stones, that it be so subtilely made that no man perceive it but that they be all one; and after make there an hilt so marvellously and wonderly that no man may know it; and after make a marvellous sheath."

    - Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.

    September 13, 2009

  • This is less subtle.

    May 5, 2023