The president tried to make his case for war by subtly appealing to the electorate's deep-seated suspicion of Arabs.
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Subtly
/ˈsʌt.l̩.li/
Synonyms for "subtly" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adverb(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
creep behind
Strong matches (8)
Determiner(1 words)
most background
Related words (12)
Adverb(11 words)
Noun(1 words)
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More general
2 entriesadverb of degreeadverb of manner
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriessubtly adjust approachsubtly alter perspectivesubtly change resultssubtly improve performancesubtly influence outcomessubtly reveal bias
Inflections
2 entriesmore subtlymost subtly
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
George Eliot is subtly subversive: there are have-nots on every fringe, and her women collaborate in exquisitely detailed mutual oppression.
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When you are talking to someone, sometimes you are unaware that subtly, you are talking about yourself and what is happening in your own life.
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It was in mid-summer, when the alchemy of Nature transmutes the sylvan landscape to one vivid and almost homogeneous mass of green; when the senses are well-nigh intoxicated with the surging seas of moist verdure and the subtly indefinable odours of the soil and the vegetation.
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