Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thinly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thinly \Thin"ly\, a.
In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not
thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country
thinly inhabited.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thinly
adv 1: without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
2: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: {thin}]
[ant: {thickly}]
3: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly
over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: {lightly}]
[ant: {thickly}]
4: in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown
mountainside" [ant: {densely}]
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