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subtly
adverb as in delicately
adverb as in lightly
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"This occurs in a very rapid fashion. You can activate the macrophage and make the muscle twitch subtly almost immediately," Jankowski says.
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In such asides, Capote subtly reveals how food leads to story, our narratives as nourishing as anything on our holiday plates.
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If your child seems stuck in a friendship you're uneasy about, subtly expand their social world.
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All this and more made its way subtly into Sid Caesar’s humor.
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The infusion transforms the grain: delicate, fragrant, subtly flavored.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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