subtly

İnce bir şekilde, ustalıkla

In a way that is delicate or not immediately obvious; indirectly or discreetly.

• She subtly hinted that she wasn't interested.
• The colors subtly change from blue to green.
• The researcher subtly adjusted the experimental conditions to minimize participant bias without explicitly announcing the modifications.
• Climate change subtly alters migration patterns of bird species over decades, making short-term observations insufficient for detection.
• The author subtly critiques colonial ideology through character dialogue rather than direct authorial commentary in the novel.
• Enzyme activity can be subtly influenced by temperature fluctuations of even half a degree in certain biochemical reactions.

Eş anlamlılar: delicately, faintly, indirectly, discreetly

Zıt anlamlılar: obviously, overtly, blatantly, conspicuously