Thinly
['θɪnli]
Definition
(adv.) in a widely distributed manner; 'thinly overgrown mountainside'.
(adv.) in a small quantity or extent; 'spread the margarine thinly over the meat'; 'apply paint lightly'.
(adv.) without viscosity; 'the blood was flowing thin'.
(adv.) without force or sincere effort; 'smiled thinly'.
Typist: Melville--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
Typist: Psyche
Examples
- But in countries almost waste, or but thinly inhabited, cattle, poultry, game of all kinds, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In Ireland, the inferior ranks of people are still poorer than in Scotland, and many parts of the country are almost as thinly inhabited. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His body was in a trance of exhaustion, his spirit heard thinly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Boil together, spread thinly on manilla paper, place another sheet on top, and when wanted pull them apart and it is ready for use. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I don't know that the arts have a milieu here, any of them; they're more like a very thinly settled outskirt. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was putting on the dry pair of socks and the whiskey and water in the cup tasted clean and thinly warming. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The few Mahometan families, thinly scattered about the villages in the interior, are afraid to taste meat of any kind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His blue-black hair was grey now, and lay thinly over his brows. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Poor people used oiled paper, isinglass, thinly shaved leather, resembling parchment, and thin sheets of soft pale crystalised stone known as talc, and soapstone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The communication to be transmitted is written upon tin foil, thinly coated with varnish, with a pen dipped in an ink composed of caustic soda and colouring matter. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Psyche