Definition of "thinly" []

• In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. (adverb)

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• "They are heavy, indeed, but that is OK: Fruitcake looks best in thinly sliced cross sections."
• "It lost me by resting its plot on stereotypes and drowning its credibility in thinly veiled references to contemporary incidents and issues."
• "A couple of mine weren't entirely ripe and I ended up cutting the skin thinly away with a sharp knife to avoiud having to gouge the tender flesh as I tried to prise away the skin."