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Word entry · 6 letters

thinly

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"Sparsely"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɪnli/Part of speech adverbSorted hilntyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2H3I4N5L6Y

Definitions

  1. in a widely distributed manner

Word origin

From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • a thinly-veiled attack on my integrity
  • a thinly disguised attempt at sabotage

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