Subtly

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

1. In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly. Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise. Milton.

2. Nicely; delicately. In the nice bee what sense so subtly true. Pope. Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind. Hawthorne.

3. Deceitfully; delusively. [Obs.] Shak.