subtly

1. 1.

   in a subtle manner

   “late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy”

Questions about subtly

What does subtly mean?

subtly means "in a subtle manner".

How many syllables are in subtly?

subtly has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsʌtəli/.

Is subtly a common word?

subtly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.