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I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets.
Charles Vest

Meaning of "thinly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THINLY

thinly  [ˈθɪnlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THINLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thinly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES THINLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thinly in the English dictionary

The first definition of thinly in the dictionary is finely; narrowly. Other definition of thinly is sparsely; meagrely. Thinly is also weakly, poorly, or insufficiently.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THINLY


benignly
bɪˈnaɪnlɪ
clandestinely
klænˈdɛstɪnlɪ
divinely
dɪˈvaɪnlɪ
femininely
ˈfemɪnɪnlɪ
finely
ˈfaɪnlɪ
Finlay
ˈfɪnlɪ
genuinely
ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ
humanely
ˌhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
inanely
ɪˈneɪnlɪ
inhumanely
ɪnhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
inly
ˈɪnlɪ
insanely
ɪnˈseɪnlɪ
mainly
ˈmeɪnlɪ
malignly
məˈlaɪnlɪ
McKinley
məˈkɪnlɪ
plainly
ˈpleɪnlɪ
sanely
ˈseɪnlɪ
sovereignly
ˈsɒvrɪnlɪ
ungainly
ʌnˈɡeɪnlɪ
vainly
ˈveɪnlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THINLY

think up
think-tank
thinkable
thinkableness
thinkably
thinker
thinking
thinking cap
thinking pattern
thinking process
thinking time
thinkingly
thinkingness
thinkpiece
thinned
thinner
thinness
thinnest
thinning
thinnish

WORDS THAT END LIKE THINLY

bumpkinly
certainly
commonly
cousinly
evenly
fainly
heavenly
humanly
if only
manly
maudlinly
mistakenly
one and only
only
openly
read-only
suddenly
the only
uncertainly
virginly

Synonyms and antonyms of thinly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thinly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THINLY

Find out the translation of thinly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thinly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thinly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

finamente
570 millions of speakers

English

thinly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बारीकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رقيقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тонко
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

finas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রমে ক্রমে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

finement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nipis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dünn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얇게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thinly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெல்லிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पातळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ince
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottilmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cienko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тонко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subțire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αραιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tunt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tynt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thinly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THINLY»

The term «thinly» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.240 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THINLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thinly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thinly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thinly

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7 QUOTES WITH «THINLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thinly.
1
Grant Bowler
Money is tighter now, with the advertising dollar spread a lot more thinly across a whole range of media because of the Internet. It means the television networks have less power to produce shows, and TV is where most Australian actors make their money.
2
Anne Fadiman
I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of classes that taught me I would never be a novelist. I discovered I had no imagination. My short stories were always thinly veiled memoir.
3
Quincy Jones
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
4
David Leavitt
It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.
5
Sean Scully
I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is a very rich and reactive surface. I begin by drawing on the canvas with a kind of loose line, very simply and freely. I paint very thinly, which allows me to change the drawing if I want to.
6
Peter Tork
Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.
7
Charles Vest
I would also certainly continue to keep loan repayment interest rates as low as possible. And I would spread the financial aid a little less thinly across all income brackets.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINLY»

Discover the use of thinly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thinly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heaven's face thinly veiled: a book of spiritual writing by ...
A collection of spiritual writings by such women as Helen Keller, Aung San Suu Kyi, Agatha Christie, and Ursula K. Le Guin
Sarah Anderson, 1998
2
Thinly Disguised Autobiography
This is the story of Josh's rude awakening, from the sleaze of Fleet Street to the terror of the LA riots, from clubbing at the Wag to slumming it at Glastonbury, from Oxford to London via Venice, Spetses, Laguna Beach and Bromsgrove - plus ...
James Delingpole, 2004
3
Petrophysical Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Pore-thickness in ...
Core-to-log ties are often difficult in thinly bedded formations, and longer cored intervals facilitate making these ties. • Thinly bedded intervals may have numerous partings or breaks due to fissile shales. Use core sleeves to provide better ...
Quinn R. Passey, Kenneth E. Dahlberg, Keith Sullivan, 2006
4
Philosophie Thinly Clothed: And Other Stories
The title of the book refers to its content and thrust: relevant moral dilemmas presented as fictional tales. In the title story, the character Philosophie comes down from her mountain retreat to help a city which has gone morally astray.
Heather Folsom, 2003
5
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Near base of Holocene overbank deposits thinly capping unit Qff2 Mazama ( Crater Lake) 6,730±40 Hallett and others, 1997 JEO 9/1 1/96-1(6) Silty airfall tephra collected 1.8 m below modern surface from a <0.5 cm discontinuous layer that ...
‎2001
6
The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes ...
cut into wedges; 1 to 2 fresh serrano chiles, seeded or unseeded, depending on how much heat you can tolerate, thinly sliced across; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper; and 1⁄2 cup fresh mint or basil leaves, torn. Suggested ...
Su-Mei Yu, 2009
7
Geology and Sedimentology of the Korean Peninsula
Folded and fractured limestone 6. Thinly banded limestone Faultzone 5. Pseudoconglomerate 6. Thinly banded limestone 6. Thinly banded limestone 4. Thinly andthickly banded limestone 5. Pseudoconglomerate 6. Thinly banded limestone ...
Sung Kwun Chough, 2012
8
Community Cook Night: Once a Month Freezer Meal Cooking ...
Italian Flank Steak *grill or broil steak for 5 minutes per side for 20 minutes and cut thinly at an angle against the grain for tenderness. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do  ...
Jamie Blomberg, 2010
9
The Orangery Cookbook
1 1 1/2 T. salt 1 T, plus 1 1. white wine vinegar or Sherry vinegar 1 t. sugar 2 t. dried dill or 2 T. fresh dill Slice cucumber lengthwise, remove seeds and slice thinly. Thinly slice onion. In a colander, toss the cucumber and onion with salt and let ...
Renee O'Farrell, 2009
10
Flora of Tropical Africa
amplexicaul, the lower ones narrowing to a sessile base. Capitula \ in. diam., on slender pedicels ranging up to % in., in a diffuse corymbose cyme. Involncral scales lanceolate acutely acuminate, thinly cottony ; the outer ones narrower and  ...
Daniel Oliver, 1877

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thinly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Guinness Golden Ale ad: 'a mea culpa thinly disguised as a …
Accordingly, this advert is essentially a mea culpa thinly disguised as a carpe diem. We're shown various studious and safety-goggled masters of brewing's dark ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Mullah Omar takes aim at the Islamic State in thinly-veiled message
The message is peppered with thinly-veiled references to the Islamic State and the Taliban dissenters who have joined its ranks. The Islamic State's so-called ... «Long War Journal, Jul 15»
3
Netanyahu makes thinly-veiled threat to the High Court
Netanyahu fumed at the court's message, which questioned the legality of the prime minister holding several ministerial portfolios. By Yossi Verter | Jul. 11, 2015 ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
4
Has Jessica Wright fired back at Ricky Rayment with thinly veiled …
Jessica Wright seems to have hit back at ex Ricky Rayment with a thinly-veiled message about being "free" on Instagram. The TOWIE beauty has shared a ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Chess championship rocked by thinly-veiled allegations of cheating
The European Women's Championship at Chakvi in Georgia was marred by some thinly-veiled allegations of cheating made against the early leader WGM ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh's Thinly Sourced Claims
Meet Colonel Ray Sitton, the single source in one of the thinnest of Seymour Hersh's thinly sourced claims: that Henry Kissinger had not only presided over the ... «The Nation., May 15»
7
The WSJ's Thinly-Sourced FOIA Report Doesn't Add Up
A front-page Wall Street Journal report suggested that a top political appointee in Hillary Clinton's State Department improperly "blocked" documents sought ... «Media Matters for America, May 15»
8
US stocks close lower in a thinly-traded session
U.S. stocks ended Monday's thinly traded session slightly lower, giving back some of the gains from Friday's post-jobs rally. Trading activity on Wall Street was ... «MarketWatch, May 15»
9
Thinly Disguised 2016 Audi A4 Sedan Stating to Look Better with …
The Audi A4 prototypes testing up and down Germany's highway network have dropped most of their camouflage to reveal nearly everything about the ... «autoevolution, May 15»
10
Jamie Carragher aims thinly veiled dig at Raheem Sterling over …
He wrote: "Big games need big players to do big things. Not many of them at Lfc which make wages demands of some ridiculous & the recruitment worse.". «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»

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