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English Dictionary: thinly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thinly
adv
  1. without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
  2. without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
    Synonym(s): thinly, thin
    Antonym(s): thick, thickly
  3. in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
    Synonym(s): thinly, lightly
    Antonym(s): thickly
  4. in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside"
    Antonym(s): densely, thickly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thinly \Thin"ly\, a.
      In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not
      thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country
      thinly inhabited.
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