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subtly

UK/ˈsʌt.li/ US/ˈsʌ.tl̩.li/ uncommon

adverb

1.

in a subtle manner

  • “late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy”

Origin

From Middle English sotilly; equivalent to subtle + -ly.

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