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thinly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial thinly has 4 senses
- thinly(r = adv.all) Array - without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
- thinly(r = adv.all) thin - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" Antonym: thickly
- thinly(r = adv.all) lightly - in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" Antonym: thickly
- thinly(r = adv.all) Array - in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside" Antonym: thickly
CIDE DICTIONARY
thinly, a.
In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited. [1913 Webster]
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