1 in a way that produces a thin piece or layer of sth:
Slice the potatoes thinly. * The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
2 with very few things or people close together in one place:
a thinly populated area * For best results, sow the seeds thinly in early March.
3 in a way that is not sincere or enthusiastic:
She smiled thinly.
4 in a way that does not hide the truth very well:
The novel is a thinly disguised autobiography. * thinly veiled contempt
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for thinly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is thinly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, thinly is tagged as adverb.
Does thinly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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