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单词 thickly
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Definition of thickly in English:

thickly

adverb ˈθɪkliˈθɪkli
  • 1In a way that creates a wide piece of something.

    the meat was too thickly cut and impossible to chew
    thickly sliced bread
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Slice the chorizo sausages thickly, on the diagonal.
    • The wood has to be cut thickly and is prone to warping and damage by woodworm.
    • Four works consist of thickly built up parchments of handmade paper imprinted with sections of maps.
    • It's a thickly knit and roughly textured 13-by-13-foot disk.
    • He has preferences for certain ways of doing things - how densely or thickly drawn the pencil lines should be, for example.
    1. 1.1 In a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer.
      the paint has been applied thickly
      a field thickly coated with snow
      a thickly carpeted floor
      thickly padded gloves
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The paint is thickly poured on the plywood, then polished down to 1/16 of an inch.
      • They'd lathered the burns thickly with ointment.
      • Thinly applied paint dries in a matter of minutes, thickly applied paint in hours - much quicker than oils.
      • Some sections are built up so thickly with paint that they project outward a fraction of an inch from the canvas's surface.
      • Colors and flesh tones were all natural and bright with blacks being thickly solid.
      • The forest floor was thickly covered with dead leaves and underbrush.
  • 2In a closely compacted or crowded manner.

    a thickly populated area
    thickly forested hillsides
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He sees the red and black-winged monarch butterflies hanging thickly on the branches.
    • The melodies are thickly layered and the resulting sound is darkly atmospheric.
    • The author doles out the technical details, sometimes too thickly, along the way.
    • One stream ran under the concrete bridge by the sycamore where sweet primroses were spreading thickly.
    • Thickly illustrated program books for each of the ballets are filled with archival drawings and photographs.
    • Drums, breaks, samples are all overlaid with thickly distorted an often very noisy guitars.
    • The writings of Gerald of Wales describe a thickly wooded landscape and the countryside has remained, essentially, unchanged.
    • The formula conventions are troweled on pretty thickly.
    • The sentimentality is laid on more thickly than the carpet of cherry blossoms that fall all over the screen.
    • An individual's history takes on a multi-dimensionality in which past and present, reflection and action become thickly intermixed.
    • Schools located in thickly populated areas should have proper certificate from the Fire Officers.
  • 3informal In a stupid manner.

    "Isn't he a politician?" I say rather thickly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "Eh?" he said, thickly.
    • "You took the money?" "To buy you a present," he said. Thickly. Indignantly. "Great. Great. How did you know I wanted a monster truck?"
  • 4With a hoarse or husky voice; indistinctly.

    "You woke me up," he said thickly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "There used to be six men," said Morgan thickly.
    • In his thickly stentorian voice, he replied: "That, I think, would just be too much."
    • He mumbled something thickly through his bloodied lip.
    • "She was at my house," she said thickly, choking back tears.
    • "Don't scream," he whispered thickly into her ear.
    1. 4.1 (with reference to an accent) in a way that is very marked and difficult to understand.
      the actors speak in thickly accented English
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The actor gives a truly memorable performance as Walker's thickly accented father.
      • 'It was wonderful,' he said in his thickly accented English.
      • The woman translating in our earphones was sthickly Russian-accented.
      • The song details the duo's love for their fair city, creating imagery with their thickly accented drawls over some lovely reed whistles.
      • Using a series of masks, the actor plays four characters, including the thickly accented "Bulgonian" filmmaker turned custodian.
 
 

Definition of thickly in US English:

thickly

adverbˈθɪkliˈTHiklē
  • 1In a way that creates a wide piece of something.

    the meat was too thickly cut and impossible to chew
    thickly sliced bread
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The wood has to be cut thickly and is prone to warping and damage by woodworm.
    • It's a thickly knit and roughly textured 13-by-13-foot disk.
    • Slice the chorizo sausages thickly, on the diagonal.
    • He has preferences for certain ways of doing things - how densely or thickly drawn the pencil lines should be, for example.
    • Four works consist of thickly built up parchments of handmade paper imprinted with sections of maps.
    1. 1.1 In a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer.
      the paint has been applied thickly
      a field thickly coated with snow
      a thickly carpeted floor
      thickly padded gloves
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They'd lathered the burns thickly with ointment.
      • The paint is thickly poured on the plywood, then polished down to 1/16 of an inch.
      • Some sections are built up so thickly with paint that they project outward a fraction of an inch from the canvas's surface.
      • The forest floor was thickly covered with dead leaves and underbrush.
      • Thinly applied paint dries in a matter of minutes, thickly applied paint in hours - much quicker than oils.
      • Colors and flesh tones were all natural and bright with blacks being thickly solid.
  • 2In a closely compacted or crowded manner.

    a thickly populated area
    thickly forested hillsides
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drums, breaks, samples are all overlaid with thickly distorted an often very noisy guitars.
    • Thickly illustrated program books for each of the ballets are filled with archival drawings and photographs.
    • The author doles out the technical details, sometimes too thickly, along the way.
    • The writings of Gerald of Wales describe a thickly wooded landscape and the countryside has remained, essentially, unchanged.
    • Schools located in thickly populated areas should have proper certificate from the Fire Officers.
    • The melodies are thickly layered and the resulting sound is darkly atmospheric.
    • One stream ran under the concrete bridge by the sycamore where sweet primroses were spreading thickly.
    • The sentimentality is laid on more thickly than the carpet of cherry blossoms that fall all over the screen.
    • The formula conventions are troweled on pretty thickly.
    • An individual's history takes on a multi-dimensionality in which past and present, reflection and action become thickly intermixed.
    • He sees the red and black-winged monarch butterflies hanging thickly on the branches.
  • 3informal In a stupid manner.

    "Isn't he a politician?" I say rather thickly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "You took the money?" "To buy you a present," he said. Thickly. Indignantly. "Great. Great. How did you know I wanted a monster truck?"
    • "Eh?" he said, thickly.
  • 4With a hoarse or husky voice; indistinctly.

    "You woke me up," he said thickly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "She was at my house," she said thickly, choking back tears.
    • "Don't scream," he whispered thickly into her ear.
    • "There used to be six men," said Morgan thickly.
    • In his thickly stentorian voice, he replied: "That, I think, would just be too much."
    • He mumbled something thickly through his bloodied lip.
    1. 4.1 (with reference to an accent) in a way that is very marked and difficult to understand.
      the actors speak in thickly accented English
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Using a series of masks, the actor plays four characters, including the thickly accented "Bulgonian" filmmaker turned custodian.
      • The actor gives a truly memorable performance as Walker's thickly accented father.
      • The song details the duo's love for their fair city, creating imagery with their thickly accented drawls over some lovely reed whistles.
      • 'It was wonderful,' he said in his thickly accented English.
      • The woman translating in our earphones was sthickly Russian-accented.
 
 
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