subtly
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That does lead me to question whether she’s perhaps trying to subtly convince him that he should change his mind.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Soon the whole crew begins to realize that everything is subtly different and that they are in danger, now hunted down by this world’s John Ward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
But when researchers subtly shifted what participants believed they were drinking, their experience changed.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
You might be tempted, with every faraway look in Christian Petzold’s subtly moving “Miroirs No. 3,” to hope for that soothing, enlightened release so often served as catharsis in tales of loss and healing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Men and women wanted to inspect her, to be close to her, to try to find what caused the disturbance she distributed so subtly.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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