thickly
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1.3
- adverb
- /ˈθɪkli/
:
densamente
- A showcase of immaculate couches and chairs was distributed on the thickly carpeted floor.
- thickly covered
So we won't have it thickly planted all along the paddocks.
- So we won't have it thickly planted all along the paddocks.
Examples
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Sun cream should be spread thickly on all exposed skin at least 30 minutes before going outside.
Academic text (2012) -
If you apply too thickly, it clumps and it doesn't look so great.
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The snow was falling less thickly now, but still hard enough to obscure my vision.
Fiction book (1997) -
Look out the window! Outdoors, the snow fell thickly and steadily in a harsh wind.
Fiction book (1990) -
We saw some very large provinces and settlements with hills and valleys thickly populated.
Academic text (2003) -
Much of the island was unvisited, being too thickly overgrown with trees and brambles.
Fiction book (1998) -
No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing young firs.
Academic text (1998) -
Dust and a cloud of silver-blue sparks mushroomed thickly over the rooftops.
Fiction book (1991) -
Oak and ash, alder and thorn, grew thickly around me, and their leaves underfoot muted my steps.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sun cream should be spread thickly on all exposed skin at least 30 minutes before going outside.
Synonyms
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2.9
In a way that things or people are close together
In a thick, sticky way that makes liquids move slowly
In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thickly comes from the old English word thick, meaning 'dense' or 'not thin'. Think of spreading butter in a heavy layer or of fog that sits close together — that's why thickly means 'in a dense, heavy, or concentrated way'.