thinly
thin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/
adverb1. in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces
OPP thickly:
thinly sliced bread
2. scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between:
Sow the radish seeds thinly.
The mountain regions are more thinly populated than the lowlands.
3. thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is:
He looked at Frank’s new car with thinly veiled envy.
thin‧ly /ˈθɪnli/
adverb1. in a way that has a very small distance between two sides or two flat surfaces OPP thickly:
2. scattered or spread over a large area, with a lot of space in between:
3. thinly disguised/veiled if something is thinly disguised etc, someone is pretending it is something else, but you can easily see what it really is: