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The investigation netted dozens of designs that were shown here largely through images and wall text, but some had physical form, like Raya Stefanova's "Invisible Life": vessels and bowls made from compacted soil and intended to subtly introduce microbes to balance an eater's immune systems through exposure to helpful bacteria.
Any one template has internal logic which changes the layout subtly according to where a production staffer marks a break or places an image or video.
We were at the dark heart of what Oliver was later to call "the locust years" (he loved a good epigram) when the forestry sector was trashing native woodland, and the subtext of the conference was a subtly orchestrated counter-attack by British ecologists, a bid to rehabilitate the national tree.
And even Lionel Logue, the speech therapist who cuts through so much of the monarchy's pomposity, is a hideous social climber who subtly becomes more and more obnoxious and complacent the more access he gets to the king.
What you produce with this recipe will be subtly different from what a restaurant might serve (the pancakes will take on a lightly toasted colour for example).
It's really subtly done, absolutely spot-on.
Sophie's stone features the dove of peace with its olive branch, two ripe bunches of grapes – "also because, later, she loved wine" – and a small, subtly carved background of rolling hills and cypress trees.
Brought up in Cambridge with his father, a Buddhist molecular biologist, and his mother, a singer, he went on to study the music of Cuban, Honduran and Congolese artists, traces of which feature subtly in his own music.
Warsi's own reasoning is set out in her resignation letter and tweet to David Cameron, an "astonishing charge sheet" in Patrick Wintour's analysis, subtly amplified in Rafael Behr's column.
There were, it has to be said, persistent rumours that the cat who was produced at this photo opportunity had subtly different markings from the real Humphrey.
It would be nice to think that, as Jowell says, "this ridiculous ageism that creeps out like a bad smell will just disappear", but to anyone who senses themselves being "granny-tracked" at work – subtly counted out of the running – it probably doesn't feel that way.
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The adverb "subtly" primarily functions to modify verbs , adverbs, or adjectives, indicating that an action or quality is performed or exists in an understated, delicate, or indirect manner. According to Ludwig AI, the word is usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
