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  1. thinlyadverb

    without force or sincere effort

    "smiled thinly"

    Synonyms:
    thin, lightly

    Antonyms:
    thickly, densely, thick

  2. thinly, thinadverb

    without viscosity

    "the blood was flowing thin"

    Synonyms:
    thin, lightly

    Antonyms:
    thickly, thick, densely

  3. thinly, lightlyadverb

    in a small quantity or extent

    "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"

    Synonyms:
    gently, thin, softly, light, lightly

    Antonyms:
    thickly, thick, densely

  4. thinlyadverb

    in a widely distributed manner

    "thinly overgrown mountainside"

    Synonyms:
    thin, lightly

    Antonyms:
    thickly, thick, densely

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  1. List of paraphrases for "thinly":

    sparsely, poorly, weakly

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How to use thinly in a sentence?

  1. Chief Executive Andy Clarke:

    We need to simplify what we do by prioritising the first line of our strategy -- improving our core business - and pausing activity in other areas so that we are not spread too thinly.

  2. David Mamet:

    The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

  3. Douglas Keith:

    Justice Sotomayor was attacked for her temperament. Conservatives asked,' Is she too combative ? Is she smart enough ?' All of these thinly veiled attacks on her because of what they saw as identity politics, today, she stands out on the court as the justice most likely to speak up about the impact of the court's decisions on people's lives.

  4. Dick Durbin:

    In an interview with NBC News, President (Donald) Trump admitted to firing FBI Director James Comey because of his investigation of the Trump campaign's Russian connections, that is dangerously close to obstruction of justice. This morning, the President tweeted a thinly veiled threat to Mr. Comey, which could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law.

  5. Jenna Ellis:

    The state bars will see through this thinly veiled tactic to foment a chilling effect upon lawyers from doing our job and zealously representing clients that are political and even controversial, democrats don't have to agree with President Trump's opinions and claims, but that is not a basis upon which to sanction his lawyers.


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