Meaning of subtilly | Babel Free

Definitions

Adverb. [B2]

Examples

“[…] one jewel, (as writers make⟳ mention⟳,) which was a certain vessel finely and subtilly made of the precious stone onychinus, so radiantly wrought, that in it appeared the lively corn growing, and men's images walking, &c.”

“He turned their heart to hate⟳ his people, to deal⟳ subtilly with his servants.”

“For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine⟳ more brightly] (by an olde Rule⟳) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let⟳ them haue, rather a Duskiſh Tincture, then an abſolute blacke.”

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