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Definition of thickly in English: thicklyadverb ˈθɪkliˈθɪkli 1In a way that creates a wide piece of something. the meat was too thickly cut and impossible to chew 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 In a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer.
the paint has been applied thickly a field thickly coated with snow 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. 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.
- 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: thicklyadverbˈθɪkliˈTHiklē 1In a way that creates a wide piece of something. the meat was too thickly cut and impossible to chew 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 In a way that covers or fills something with a deep layer.
the paint has been applied thickly a field thickly coated with snow 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. 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.
- 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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