subtilely
- a word derived from subtile.
Example Sentences
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At any rate, it would appear that Heaven was making the match between Hemstead and Lottie,—making it as the spring comes on in northern latitudes, subtilely, imperceptibly, and yet speedily.
From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson
Chapter 4.LIII.—How by the virtue of the decretals, gold is subtilely drawn out of France to Rome.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Wonderful pathetic power, that can so intimately, so subtilely and kindly, deal with the soul!—and wonderful soul that can be so dealt with.
From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
“The story is of a high character, and the play of feeling is very subtilely and cleverly wrought out.”
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
This is one reason; but considering more subtilely and according to infallible truth, this number was she herself,—I speak in a similitude, and I mean as follows.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
