adverb
- Without force or sincere effort.
- usage: "smiled thinly"
- Without viscosity.
- usage: "the blood was flowing thin"
- synonyms: thin
- In a small quantity or extent.
- usage: "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
- synonyms: lightly
- In a widely distributed manner.
- usage: "thinly overgrown mountainside"
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