[
UK
/θˈɪkli/
]
[ US /ˈθɪkɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈθɪkɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly -
in quick succession
misfortunes come fast and thick -
with thickness; in a thick manner
we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt
spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface -
with a thick consistency
the blood was flowing thick -
in a concentrated manner
a thickly populated area
old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built
How To Use thickly In A Sentence
- Shrugging, he pushed open the door to the bar and almost choked on the smoke that hung thickly in the air.
- Grill the bread on both sides and spread the top thickly with mustard.
- Each bit has a home, like paint spread thickly across a canvas instead of in globs dropped here and there.
- Masses of pink light up shady places where the false dragonhead grows, and the jewel weeds are thickly hung with pendant blossoms of orange and pale yellow. Some Summer Days in Iowa
- It has to be cut thickly (making individual panels rather heavy) and is prone to warping and damage by woodworm.
- ‘No,’ she said very slowly, rolling the denial on her tongue thickly.
- City officials plan to enhance the pine canopy by thinning out thickly planted forests to give older longleaf pines more room to spread their crowns.
- The cheese was sliced thickly.
- We were visiting a small , thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt.
- It seemed to possess a double quantity of fins, -- lunated along their outer margins, and set thickly over its body, so as to give it a bristling aspect. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
