Thickly
['θɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue; 'after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly'.
(adv.) with thickness; in a thick manner; 'spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface'; 'we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt'.
(adv.) with a thick consistency; 'the blood was flowing thick'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
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Examples
- The many sounds become so deadened that the change is like putting cotton in the ears, or having the head thickly muffled. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On the farther bank from me the trees rose thickly again, and shut out the view, and cast their black shadows on the sluggish, shallow water. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We walked down the hall and down the wide thickly carpeted stairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The brambles grew thickly on either side of this second path. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Stiff, coarse straw will not answer unless packed very solid; finer and softer, as of thickly sown oats, is better, and the walls which it forms need not be quite so thick. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Its hills are covered with vines, and its cottages are scattered thickly in the plains. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing young firs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It should be thickly padded where the part of her body rests upon it, and should be tightly strapped to the lady across the shoulders and back. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There was a large beech-tree overshadowing the place, and the small, sharp, triangular beech-nuts lay scattered thickly on the ground. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They are, for the most part, young, and planted far too thickly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was grown up thickly with large trees and undergrowth, making it difficult to penetrate with troops, even when not defended. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Madame Fosco came downstairs, thickly veiled, with the travelling cage of the white mice in her hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yes, he said thickly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The part of Ohio that I hailed from was not thickly settled, but wolves had been driven out long before I left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The gleam of lights increased; the footsteps came more thickly and noisily on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Don't go away, Miss Hexam,' he said in a submissive manner, speaking thickly and with difficulty. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Roberto, Pablo said thickly and nodded his head at Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The perspiration broke out thickly on his broad forehead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The frame is stoutly constructed, and the face thickly upholstered with scrap leather and a heavy but pliable covering. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The state of my cloak showed that it had been falling thickly for some little time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The woods and walks thickly covered with dead leaves. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The room was large, there was plenty of space, it was thickly carpeted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They grow thickly, are large in size and the taste is similar to that of the ordinary variety. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A single copper wire, about the thickness of a common bell wire, coated thickly with gutta percha, was laid across the English Channel experimentally, without any protection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For now the thoughts came thickly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They were thickly massed together, and none were scattered above or below the veins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a desert, weed-grown waste, littered thickly with stones the size of a man's fist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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