微妙に大きく problem translating/understanding


I'm reading the university journal article
[『カタカナ英語{えいご}と和製英語{わせいえいご}：最近{さいきん}の傾向{けいこう}を中心{ちゅうしん}として』](https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110009935033),
and the following sentence came up.

> 以下{いか}は日本語{にほんご}と英語{えいご}では意味{いみ}が **微妙{びみょう}に大{おお}きく**
> 異{こと}なる和製英語{わせいえいご}である

My reading of this would be:

Below is waseigo where the English and Japanese meaning is very different (in
a complicated/doubtful/tricky way?) The juxtaposition of 微妙 and 大きく is
confusing since they seem to carry opposite meanings (big and small/subtle).
Can someone give me a better explanation/translation so that I can understand
this sentence.




微妙 is an overused word recently, and it may mean something as simple as "
**kinda** ". To me, 微妙に大きく異なる sounds like "there are kinda large differences".
So it basically expresses the uncertainty; he may have felt 大きく was an
overstatement.

This usage of 微妙に is slangy, and should definitely be avoided in serious
articles like this. Therefore I would say his wording here is a
"非常に[微妙な](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3346/5010)表現"! (非常に微妙, meaning
something like "highly questionable", is another slangy and disputed
expression that seems contradictory :D)




微妙 is an overused word recently, and it may mean something as simple as "
**kinda** ". To me, 微妙に大きく異なる sounds like "there are kinda large differences".
So it basically expresses the uncertainty; he may have felt 大きく was an
overstatement.

This usage of 微妙に is slangy, and should definitely be avoided in serious
articles like this. Therefore I would say his wording here is a
"非常に[微妙な](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3346/5010)表現"! (非常に微妙, meaning
something like "highly questionable", is another slangy and disputed
expression that seems contradictory :D)

