The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.thinlythin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/ ●●○ adverb 
thinly sliced bread2scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between: Sow the radish seeds thinly. The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.3thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is: He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- thinly sliced carrots
- thinly traded stocks
- Mayli just smiled thinly, weakly.
- Pair the rounds with steamed red cabbage and thinly sliced zucchini.
- Peel maincrop potatoes thinly, preferably using a potato peeler.
- Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.
- Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.
- She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble.
- The rest were spread rather thinly across the categories of employment listed in Table 4.11.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president. ‘I’m impressed,’ said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands. The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president. (=with very few people)
written (=a little, not in a happy or friendly way)· She smiled thinly. He would be sorry one day.
‘I’m impressed,’ said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.· I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.· In most firms, top management incentives are thinly disguised executive perks: not in Hanson.· Integrity is vital but in all types of organisations including schools there are examples of thinly disguised contempt for customers and consumers.· Almost all his climbs have a certain something: a thinly disguised air of intimidation often allied to a raw brutality.· Rose Newbigging reports Without doubt the White Paper is a thinly disguised blueprint for the privatisation of health care in this country.· Many practices have applied to run health promotion clinics for managing stress, which are thinly disguised counselling sessions.
· Mrs Thatcher's public speeches contained thinly veiled warning messages to colleagues who doubted the strategy.· There is always a danger that it becomes a thinly veiled therapeutic exercise.
VERB· This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement.· Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.· Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.· Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised.· No question, a lot of corporate take-overs are shams, thinly disguised.
· Formerly the Amazon region was more thinly populated than the Sahara, containing perhaps some 50000 people, and importing food.· Surface waters in contact with melting ice tend to be very thinly populated with zooplankton.· Both are thinly populated areas far from departure and arrival points presently used by local commuters.
· Chop garlic and onions; thinly slice carrots.· To serve, slice thinly and serve with cornichons and chutney.· Just before you toast the bread, halve, core and thinly slice the pear.· Peel and discard rough outside husks of lemongrass stalks, then thinly slice cores that remain.· The salmon was fairly simple, just some thinly sliced grilled fish on unremarkable toast points.· Let stand 15 minutes, then slice thinly.
· She looked at Hitch and smiled thinly, wetting her lips slightly with the tip of her tongue.· I think I smiled thinly, however, because he was.· She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble.· I think she smiled thinly, said little, and later put the brush in a drawer.· He smiled thinly and motioned the tall man back.· Shiona smiled thinly, but refrained from voicing her suspicions out loud.· Wilson smiled thinly at that bit.· Carol smiled thinly in response and picked at the piece of toast on her plate.
· The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.· Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.· The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.· The flesh was thinly spread upon the elongated skull, the motionless hands were bony claws.· Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly.· You could also thinly spread some glue on the cracker and sprinkle some glitter powder over it.· Lunch Two slices of toasted wholemeal bread spread thinly with Flora margarine and topped with 2 oz. grated cheddar cheese.· Set aside one cake for the top and thinly spread the rest with jam.
· She was only thinly veiled, and Rostov could see that although she was beautiful, she was old.· Thinly veiled corporate speak acknowledged the clash.· Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Almost all his climbs have a certain something: a thinly disguised air of intimidation often allied to a raw brutality.
- Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised.
- Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.
- Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.
- I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.
- Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.
- Mrs Thatcher's public speeches contained thinly veiled warning messages to colleagues who doubted the strategy.
- She was only thinly veiled, and Rostov could see that although she was beautiful, she was old.
- Perhaps the managerial talent that was responsible for the steady growth is spread too thin.
- Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly.
- The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
WORD FAMILYnounthinnessthinneradjectivethinthinningverbthinadverbthinly
1in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces OPP thickly: thinly sliced bread2scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between: Sow the radish seeds thinly. The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.3thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is: He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy.