thinly
adverb/ˈθɪnli/
/ˈθɪnli/
- in a way that produces a thin piece or layer of something
- Slice the potatoes thinly.
- The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
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- with only a few things or people spread over a place so that there is a lot of space between them
- a thinly populated area
- in a way that is not sincere or enthusiastic
- She smiled thinly.
- in a way that does not hide the truth very well synonym barely
- The novel is a thinly disguised autobiography.
- thinly veiled contempt
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