Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB'TIL-LY
SUB'TIL-LY, adv.
- Thinly; not densely.
- Finely; not grossly or thickly. The opakest bodies, if subtilly divided … become perfectly transparent. – Newton.
- Artfully; cunningly; craftily; as, a scheme subtilly contrived.
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