thinly

1. 1.

   without force or sincere effort

   “smiled thinly”
2. 2.

   without viscosity

   “the blood was flowing thin”

   Synonymsthin

   Antonymsthickly
3. 3.

   in a small quantity or extent

   “spread the margarine thinly over the meat”

   “apply paint lightly”

   Synonymslightly

   Antonymsthickly
4. 4.

   in a widely distributed manner

   “thinly overgrown mountainside”

   Antonymsthickly

Questions about thinly

What does thinly mean?

thinly means "without force or sincere effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thinly?

thinly has 2 syllables: thin-ly. The stress falls on "thin". In IPA it is /ˈθɪnli/.

What is another word for thinly?

Close synonyms include thin, lightly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of thinly?

The recorded antonyms are thickly, thickly, thickly.

Is thinly a common word?

thinly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.