SUB'TILLY, adverb Thinly; not densely.
1. Finely; not grossly or thickly.
The opakest bodies, if subtilly divided--become perfectly transparent.
2. Artfully; cunningly; craftily; as a scheme subtilly contrived.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 1 Samuel 23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
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