Subtly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subtly \Sub"tly\, adv.
     In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
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           Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise.
                                                    --Milton.


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     2. Nicely; delicately.
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              In the nice bee what sense so subtly true. --Pope.
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              Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but
              evading the analysis of my mind.      --Hawthorne.
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     3. Deceitfully; delusively. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subtly
       adv : in a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera at
             its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight
             melancholy"