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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.