Antonyms for thinly
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : thin |
Phonetic Transcription : θɪn |
Definition of thinly
Origin :- Old English þynne "narrow, lean, scanty," from Proto-Germanic *thunnuz, *thunw- (cf. West Frisian ten, Middle Low German dunne, Dutch dun, Old High German dunni, German dünn, Old Norse þunnr), from PIE *tnus-, *tnwi-, from weak grade of root *ten- "stretch" (cf. Latin tenuis "thin, slender;" see tenet).
- These our actors ... were all Spirits, and Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre. [Shakespeare, "The Tempest," IV.i.150, 1610]
- Thin-skinned is attested from 1590s; the figurative sense of "touchy" is from 1670s.
- As in lightly : adv gently, effortlessly
- The country was thinly populated, and the houses we saw were poor and mean.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The sky was dull and leaden, and cindery flakes of snow were thinly falling.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Divide the pastry into two portions, and roll them out as thinly as possible.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- The impudence and thinly veiled hostility in the man's tone were unmistakable.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Thus the Pope's summons, with a menace that was all too thinly veiled.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- His forehead, however, was high and thinly covered with sandy hair.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
- This would bring them to the level of the water, now thinly covered with ice.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- She was but thinly wrapped, and shivered so that I put my coat around her.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- One or two deserted or thinly populated villages were passed.
- Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
- And yet the crowd was comparatively a small one, the colony then being so thinly settled.
- Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
Synonyms for thinly
- agilely
- airily
- breezily
- carelessly
- casually
- daintily
- delicately
- easily
- ethereally
- faintly
- flippantly
- freely
- frivolously
- gingerly
- heedlessly
- indifferently
- leniently
- mildly
- moderately
- nimbly
- peacefully
- quietly
- readily
- simply
- slightingly
- slightly
- smoothly
- softly
- sparingly
- sparsely
- subtly
- tenderly
- tenuously
- thinly
- thoughtlessly
- timidly
- unsubstantially
- well
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