Thinly - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈθɪnlɪ|  American pronunciation of the word thinly
Brit.  |ˈθɪnlɪ|  British pronunciation of the word thinly

adverb

- without force or sincere effort
smiled thinly
- without viscosity (syn: thin)
- in a small quantity or extent (syn: lightly)
spread the margarine thinly over the meat
- in a widely distributed manner
thinly overgrown mountainside

Extra examples

Sow the radish seeds thinly.

The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.

The scheme of assassination, thus thinly veiled, was communicated to James.

...a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers...

Paganism thinly veneered with Christianity.

A town at our being there, but thinly inhabited.

The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president.

Pizza dough should be rolled thinly.

Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly.

Thinly slice the cucumbers.

Spread the toast thinly with jam.

They complained that resources were spread too thinly.

'I'm impressed,' said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.

He looked at Frank's new car with thinly veiled envy.

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