† subobˈscure, a. Obs.
[ad. L. subobscūrus: see sub- 21 and obscure.]
Somewhat obscure.
| 1626 Donne Serm. lxxvii. (1640) 786 In those sub-obscure times, S. Augustine might be excusable [etc.]. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Tri. 219 Such vmbratilous and sub-obscure termes. |
Hence † subobˈscurely adv., somewhat obscurely.
| a 1615 Donne Ess. (1651) 97 As these men were instruments of this work of God, so their names did sub-obscurely foresignifie it. 1624 ― Devot. (ed. 2) 207 The booke of Nature, where though subobscurely..thou hast expressed thine own Image. |