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- adverb Alternative spelling of
subtly .
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Examples
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The high school admission process is emblematic of all that is wrong with the DOE; it is fruit of the poised tree which, by design, is subtlely racist, embraces a pedagogically lazy and naive view of the value of standardized tests, rewards mediocrity, is organized to suit the needs of computers and educational toadies, and offers those who already have the most -- the best chance to win the most.
Michele Somerville: Why 8,000 Eighth-Grade NYC Students Don't Have High School Placements Yet Michele Somerville 2011
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It should be subtlely cheesy, creamy and soft – not too dense, or modishly al dente, it's a dish that embraces the Victorian values of modesty and quiet, plain simplicity.
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What Nolfi understands and "The Adjustment Bureau" conveys so subtlely is that romance is less a function of grand physical passions than the quiet, unmistakable jolt of two sensibilities meeting and recognizing and protecting each other.
Ann Hornaday reviews 'The Adjustment Bureau,' an ambitious, impressive thriller 2011
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Perhaps because it subtlely tips a hat toward things that endure beyond our earthly existence, even if they are non-spiritual (i.e. material or people-based).
Entrepreneurs and "giving back", Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The seasons themselves aid me in my color addiction, changing ordinary things subtlely each month so that I cannot stop looking.
Drunk On Color Heather McDougal 2009
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The high school admission process is emblematic of all that is wrong with the DOE; it is fruit of the poised tree which, by design, is subtlely racist, embraces a pedagogically lazy and naive view of the value of standardized tests, rewards mediocrity, is organized to suit the needs of computers and educational toadies, and offers those who already have the most -- the best chance to win the most.
Michele Somerville: Why 8,000 Eighth-Grade NYC Students Don't Have High School Placements Yet Michele Somerville 2011
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The seasons themselves aid me in my color addiction, changing ordinary things subtlely each month so that I cannot stop looking.
Archive 2009-05-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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I win -- you lose -- morphs subtlely into the stance of arrogance.
Locke Rush: The Benefits of Forgiveness Locke Rush 2010
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But every day, the interrogations became a little more forceful, and very subtlely weapons begin to appear.
CUBA: FIVE DAYS ON THE CHEAP, FREE CELL, FREE GUARD DOG, FREE GUARD 2010
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I win -- you lose -- morphs subtlely into the stance of arrogance.
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