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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thinlyadverb

    without force or sincere effort

    "smiled thinly"

  2. thinly, thinadverb

    without viscosity

    "the blood was flowing thin"

  3. thinly, lightlyadverb

    in a small quantity or extent

    "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"

  4. thinlyadverb

    in a widely distributed manner

    "thinly overgrown mountainside"

Wiktionary

  1. thinlyadverb

    In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. 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

  1. Thinlyadjective

    in a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thinly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thinly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of thinly in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive Andy Clarke:

    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.

  2. Dick Durbin:

    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.

  3. Jenna Ellis:

    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.

  4. Liora Rez:

    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.

  5. Frances Haugen:

    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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