thinly

Adverb

• In a thin, sparse, or barely adequate manner.
• without force or sincere effort
  • "smiled thinly"
• without viscosity
• in a small quantity or extent
  • "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"
• in a widely distributed manner
  • "thinly overgrown mountainside"

Adv

• In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
• Barely; hardly; with little attempt to conceal.

Examples

• a thinly disguised attempt at sabotage
• a thinly-veiled attack on my integrity
• The high-value tiles were THINLY spread, making it hard to find a good play.

Synonyms

lightly, thin

Antonyms

thickly