thinly
In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
Adverb
- In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
- The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes. - 1957 August 5, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian...
- Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to...
- “The Budget proposes eliminating Supporting Effective Instruction (SEI) State Grants (Title II State grants), a program that provides formula funds to States to improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers,...
- Barely; hardly; with little attempt to conceal.
- a thinly-veiled attack on my integrity
- a thinly disguised attempt at sabotage
Origin
From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly.