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Princeton's WordNet
thinlyadverb
without force or sincere effort
"smiled thinly"
thinly, thinadverb
without viscosity
"the blood was flowing thin"
thinly, lightlyadverb
in a small quantity or extent
"spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
thinlyadverb
in a widely distributed manner
"thinly overgrown mountainside"
Wiktionary
thinlyadverb
In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thinlyadverb
Not thickly; not closely; not densely; not numerously.
Etymology: from thin.
It is commonly opinioned, that the earth was thinly inhabited before the flood. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vi.
Thinlynoun
Etymology: from thin.
It is opinioned, that the earth was thinly inhabited before the flood. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Our walls are thinly mann’d; our best men slain:
The rest, an heartless number, spent with watching. Dryd.
ChatGPT
thinly
Thinly refers to something that is in a thin or slim state, manner, or form. It generally indicates a small or slight amount or degree. This term can be applied to objects, layers, spreads or even abstract concepts such as population density. For instance, sliced thinly, spread thinly, thinly populated, and so on.
Webster Dictionary
Thinlyadjective
in a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thinly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thinly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of thinly in a Sentence
We need to simplify what we do by prioritising the first line of our strategy -- improving our core business - and pausing activity in other areas so that we are not spread too thinly.
In an interview with NBC News, President (Donald) Trump admitted to firing FBI Director James Comey because of his investigation of the Trump campaign's Russian connections, that is dangerously close to obstruction of justice. This morning, the President tweeted a thinly veiled threat to Mr. Comey, which could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law.
The state bars will see through this thinly veiled tactic to foment a chilling effect upon lawyers from doing our job and zealously representing clients that are political and even controversial, democrats don't have to agree with President Trump's opinions and claims, but that is not a basis upon which to sanction his lawyers.
The thinly veiled intent behind AOC’s tweet to vilify a Jewish organization is crystal clear and further contributes to the vilification of American Jews, aOC’s intentional isolation of AIPAC and her failure to call out the numerous bipartisan and left-leaning groups working to keep Justice Democrat candidate Summer Lee out of office shows her true colors.
Facebook is extremely thinly staffed... and this is because there are a lot of technologists that look at what Facebook has done and their unwillingness to accept responsibility, and people just aren't willing to work there.
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