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Definition of Thinly
1. Adverb. Without force or sincere effort. "Smiled thinly"
2. Adverb. Without viscosity. "The blood was flowing thin"
3. Adverb. In a small quantity or extent. "Apply paint lightly"
4. Adverb. In a widely distributed manner. "Thinly overgrown mountainside"
Definition of Thinly
1. a. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
Definition of Thinly
1. Adverb. In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thinly
1. in a thin manner [adv]
Medical Definition of Thinly
1. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thinly
Literary usage of Thinly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"It appears also that the perfectly liquid state much facilitates the separation
of the impurities, and the thinly liquid state allows a prolonged and ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"It appears also that the perfectly liquid state much facilitates the separation
of the impurities, and the thinly liquid state allows a prolonged and ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"About 6 in. high: st. shortened: Ivs. rather long, ensiform, thinly coriaceous,
narrowed at the base: fls. yellow, spotted with red; sepals and petals free. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"While yet "rude and thinly settled" (Schouler, Hist, of US of Am., VI, 92),
Arkansas by ordinance of its Convention on 6 May, 1861, joined its fortunes with ..."
5. The History of America by William Robertson (1821)
"But as the country in several part* on the coast of Peru is barren, unhealthful,
and thinly peopled; as the Spaniards had to pass all the rivers near their ..."
6. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Adolf von Harnack (1908)
"No Christians, or at least extremely few, would be lodged in the Dalmatian islands,
which were, as a rule, thinly populated (cp. ..."
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