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suttly

suttly is the obsolete form of subtly.

Meaning of subtly

Adverb

subtly (comparative more subtly, superlative most subtly)

  1. With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.
    • 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, […]1533, Erasmus of Roterdame, “The Thyrde Instruction”, in William Marshall, transl., A Playne and Godly Exposytion or Declaration of the Commune Crede (which in the Latin Tonge is Called Symbolum...

Forms of suttly

comparativemore suttly
superlativemost suttly

Questions about suttly

What is suttly the obsolete form of?
Suttly is the obsolete form of subtly.

Words near suttly in the dictionary

  1. Suttleses
  2. suttletie
  3. suttleties
  4. suttlety
  5. suttling
  6. suttly
  7. Sutton
  8. Sutton at Hone
  9. Sutton Bingham
  10. Sutton Bonington
  11. Sutton Bridge

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