Used in a Sentence

subtly

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for subtly.

Editorial note

The context can subtly change how the word is interpreted.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of subtly gathered in one view.

adverb

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for subtly.

adverb

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

Example sentences

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The context can subtly change how the word is interpreted.

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It seems more likely that Melville was having fun and subtly hinting at the homoeroticism of the situation.

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To be fair, if you are doing this at all, you are doing so only subtly.

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This explanation subtly forgets to explain which agent is responsible for executing the contract-programs.

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It's probably most visible in the Forth community - every implementation of Forth is subtly different from the others, and by design!

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Add a subtly-flawed, long-range, detection system and yours is the best use for it I've seen.

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What if there's no competition because corporations have subtly merged with government?

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After that point, the wagons were circled and any such criticism became subtly entangled with implied support for coercion and violence by the state.

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They are often subtly promoting their own books and lectures too.

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I played noticeably better in pickup sports games now that I could move freely without always subtly adjusting to balance the glasses.

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I did not realize until quite a long time after the invisible install, and only then because a very subtly UI element appeared.

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One subtly awesome thing here is that with ryujit being a part of 4.6 then you can do simd in.net without any hacky pre requisites and workarounds.

Quote examples

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It turned out people were running the SLA battery completely flat repeatedly, and subtly "wearing out" the battery.

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Him going off about "obsessions" and suggesting (none too subtly) that Europeans are somehow morally superior to Americans was totally non-antagonistic.

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I personally wish the article had gone a little further into being snarky, perhaps subtly, in recognizing how stupid, meaningless, unfunny, and unclever the idea of.io for "in/out" is for domains.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use subtly in a sentence?

The context can subtly change how the word is interpreted.

What does subtly mean?

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

What part of speech is subtly?

subtly is commonly used as adverb.