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SUBTILELY
Etymology
Adverb
subtilely (comparative more subtilely, superlative most subtilely)
Obsolete form of subtly.
Source: Wiktionary
SUBTILE
Sub"tile, a. Etym: [L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." Chaucer. More subtile web Arachne can not spin. Spenser. I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face. Sir J. Davies.
3. Acute; piercing; searching. The slow disease and subtile pain. Prior.
5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.] The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence what they think to be humorous, is merely witty. Coleridge. The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.
5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.]
Syn.
– Subtile, Acute. In acute the image is that of a needle's point; in subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness. The acute intellect pierces to its aim; the subtile (or subtle) intellect winds its way through obstacles.
– Sub"tile*ly, adv.
– Sub"tile*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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