thinlyadverb
uk/ˈθɪn.li/us/ˈθɪn.li/thinly adverb (NOT THICK)
made or done so that something is not thick:
thinly-sliced ham
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Thin and fine
- delicate
- elongate
- elongated
- fine
- finely
- fineness
- hairline
- lean
- narrow
- paper-thin
- papery
- pencil-thin
- sheer
- slim
- slimline
- thin
- wafer-thin
- waisted
- wasp-waisted
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Narrow and thin
thinly adverb (FEW)
with only a small number of people or things, or without the people or things being close to each other:
a thinly populated area
thinly planted seedlings
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Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- below
- certain
- could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
- drabs
- flicker
- less
- little
- mild
- mingy
- minimal
- modest
- narrow
- negligible
- niggardly
- outside
- slender
- small
- some
- under
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thinly adverb (TRANSPARENT)
in a way that is not difficult to see through or to recognize:
A light mist thinly covered the summit.
a thinly disguised lie
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Transparent
- clear
- crystal
- crystal clear idiom
- crystalline
- densely
- diaphanous
- filmy
- impenetrable
- limpid
- opacity
- opaque
- see-through
- thin
- translucent
- transparency
- transparent