subtly
adverb
in a way that is so fine or delicate as to be difficult to perceive.
unsubtly
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a word derived from
subtly.
Example Sentences
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Raised in a temporally dissonant, technologically fanciful Victorian-steampunk vision of London, she is the unsubtly named Godwin’s most sublime creation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Unsurprisingly, Fitton is still goading Trump into more legal trouble, by giving interviews unsubtly encouraging Trump to defy the judge's orders not to talk about the case with witnesses.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2023
Over the years, the Google search engine has unsubtly shifted from a product that primarily sends users to other websites to, first and foremost, a place that provides lots of answers on Google.com.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2019
Snowden’s N.S.A. boss is unsubtly named Corbin O’Brian, after the antagonist in Orwell’s “1984.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016
Pinned or crucified, it was all the same; in crime analysis as in everything these days, personal sense of achievement had been too unsubtly annihilated.
From We're Friends, Now by Mel Varga
