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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (4)

1. without force or sincere effort;
- Example: "smiled thinly"

2. without viscosity;
- Example: "the blood was flowing thin"
[syn: thinly, thin]

3. in a small quantity or extent;
- Example: "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"
- Example: "apply paint lightly"
[syn: thinly, lightly]

4. in a widely distributed manner;
- Example: "thinly overgrown mountainside"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thinly
    adv 1: without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
    2: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn:
       thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly]
    3: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly
       over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: thinly,
       lightly] [ant: thickly]
    4: in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown
       mountainside" [ant: densely, thickly]