subtly
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈsʌt.li/, /ˈsʌ.tl̩.li/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsʌ.tl̩.li/
Adverb

subtly

  1. With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.
    • 1533, Erasmus of Roterdame, “The Thyrde Instruction”, in [anonymous], transl., A Playne and Godly Exposytion or Declaration of the Commune Crede (which in the Latin Tonge is Called Symbolum Apostolorum): And of the .x. Commaundementes of Goddes Law. […], imprinted at London […]: By me Robert Redman, […] [for William Marshall], OCLC 1114134812 ↗, folio 66, verso ↗:
      Nexte cometh Arrius by ſoo muche the more wretched and madde in opynyon, by howe muche he dothe more ſubtely and craftily geue unto Chriſt the body of a man, and taketh from hym the ſowle of a man, [...]
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