thin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/ adverb
[Word Family: noun: thinness, thinner; adjective: thin, thinning; verb: thin; adverb: thinly]

1. in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces Antonym : thickly:
thinly sliced bread

2. scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between:
Sow the radish seeds thinly.
The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.

3. thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is:
He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy.

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