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Word entry · 6 letters

subtly

Best crossword clue

"In a delicate way"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌt.li/Part of speech adverbSorted blstuyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. In a delicate, indirect, or hard-to-notice way.

Word origin

From Middle English sotilly; equivalent to subtle + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • Nexte cometh Arrius by ſoo muche the more wretched and madde in opynyon, by howe muche he dothe more ſubtely and craftily geue unto Chriſt the body of a man, and taketh from hym the ſowle of a man, […]

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