subtile
adjective
subtilely
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a word derived from
subtile.
Example Sentences
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Sweet Lilith! how she had subtilely intertwined herself within his life!
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
All had ye seen a thing with both your eyen, Yet shall we women visage it hardily, And weep, and swear, and chide subtilely.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
He would meet them boldly, and throw them off, coil for coil, however subtilely, however dexterously they were wound about him.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
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
The creations of Shakspeare have a wonderful completeness and vitality; and yet the elements of character are often mingled so subtilely that the sharpest critics differ widely in their estimates.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
