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English
Etymology
From subobscure + -ly.
Adverb
subobscurely (not comparable)
- Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
1624, John Donne, “IX. Expostulation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: , London: A M for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 217–218:O my God, (euer conſtant to thine ovvne vvayes), thou haſt proceeded opẽly [openly], intelligibly, manifeſtly, by the book. […] rõ [from] thy ſecond book, the booke of Nature, vvher though ſubobſcurely, and in ſhadovvs, thou haſt expreſſed thine ovvn Image; […]
References
“subobscurely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.