Associations to the word «Subtly»

Wiktionary

SUBTLY, adverb. With subtleness, in a subtle manner. With cleverness rather than brute force.

Dictionary definition

SUBTLY, adverb. In a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats