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subtilly, subtilely, adv. Now rare or Obs.|ˈsʌtɪlɪ, ˈsʌbtɪlɪ|
Forms: α. 4, 6 subtyly, 5 -tylliche, -telly, 5–6 -tylly, 5–7 -tily, 6 -til(l)ie, 7 -tilley, 4– subtilly. β. 6– subtilely.
[f. subtil, subtile a. + -ly2. (Cf. subtly.)]
1. Thinly; finely; in a rarefied manner or form.
αa1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 86 Ich on of þise bi þamself be ful subtily gronden on a stone. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 369 The aire was full of formes..which subtilly and as it were by euaporation, infuse themselues into the eies. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 84 A dram thereof [sc. glass], subtilly powdered in butter. 1711J. Greenwood Engl. Gram. 297 If the Breath go more subtilly or thinly out of the Mouth. 1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 107 Subtilly pulverized Venice glass. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 423 This iron being unoxygenated, subtilly divided, and dispersed through the whole mass.
β1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 28/3 If..the blood issue out of the same to subtilely. 1757Phil. Trans. I. 164 Whilst the gold continues subtilely divided. 1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 428 Provided its particles be so subtilely divided and suspended [etc.]. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 152 The vapour from the ley..will penetrate the goods, and operate so subtilely as to disengage the carbonic resin.
2. Craftily, cunningly, insidiously; = subtly 3.
αc1385Chaucer L.G.W. 797 Thisbe, At nygh[t] sche stal a wey ful pryuyly With hire face I-wymplid subtyly. c1386― Pard. T. 237 This wyn of Spaigne crepeth subtilly In othere wynes growynge faste by. c1386― Merch T. 759 And subtilly this lettre doun she threste Vnder his pilwe. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. vi. (1555) F j, Pryuely The morall sense they cloke full subtyly, In prayse or dysprayse. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. iii. 25 A poyson which the Frier Subtilly hath ministred to haue me dead. 1611Bible Ps. cv. 25 To deale subtilly with his seruants. 1625Bacon Ess., Envy (Arb.) 517 Enuy worketh subtilly, and in the darke. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 207 Divers persons having provisions of the Pope..have..subtilly excluded divers persons of their benefices. 1667Decay Chr. Piety ii. 214 When he sees his light serve only to aid us the more subtilly to contrive our deeds of darkness. 1668Rolle Abridgm. 91/11 Le Defendant Craftily and subtilly intending to deceive and cozen the Plaintiff..affirmed..that the said Gelding was then his own. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. i. 9 This mischief diffuses itself still more subtilly in philosophy.
β1658–9Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 261 It was said it was so subtilely and dangerously laid, that it was impossible to prevent it, if divers of them had not been committed. 1727De Foe Syst. Magic i. iv. (1840) 101 You will find the Devil subtilely insinuating dreams into the heads of..great Men. 1831Napier Penins. War xii. i. (1840) III. 418 The majority of that assembly were so subtilely dealt with by Pedro Souza, that they privately admitted Carlotta's claims. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. iii. ii, Our glorious Revolution is subtilely, by black traitors..perverted to do it.
3. Cleverly, dexterously; = subtly 1. Also, with acuteness or perspicacity.
c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) v. v. (1859) 76 Among [the precious stones]..ben sette, wonder subtylly, sterres of huge light. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop iii. i, The shepherde..with a nydle subtylly drewe oute of his foote the thorne. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xviii. 48 Gude James the Ferd..said full subtillie, ‘Do weill, and sett not by demying’. 1513Douglas æneis viii. x. 70 The speyr, and eyk the scheild so subtylly Forgit. 1541Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg. L iij b, Whan they be drye sewe them subtylly, and the lyppes wyl reioyne togydre. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 46 They of liuing fire most subtilly Were made, and set in siluer sockets bright. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 44 They fill the hole with a tincture, or bind it with a ring, or more subtilly, when they work up the leaves of the balasius into the form of diamonds.
†4. Of physical perceptions: Keenly, acutely. Obs.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxxii. (1869) 42 This heeringe knoweth more subtylliche, and apperceyueth more cleerliche.
5. With subtle distinctions; by subtle argument; = subtly 2.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 586 Sometimes again, this Philosopher subtilly distinguisheth, betwixt νόησις αὐτή..and τὸ νοοῦν or τὸ ἔχον τὴν νόησιν. a1694Tillotson Serm. (Phil. iii. 8) Wks. (1714) 65 Others have sought to ease themselves of all the evil of affliction by disputing subtilly against it. 1853Whewell Grotius II. 295 These matters might be divided more subtilly. 1860S. Wilberforce Addr. Cand. Ordin. 69 That vast and subtilly contrived system of external formalism. |