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thickly (ˈθɪklɪ) 

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adverb

  1. not thinly; generously ⇒ She buttered my bread thickly.
  2. so as to produce softness ⇒ a thickly carpeted lounge
  3. densely ⇒ a thickly wooded hillside ⇒ thickly populated
  4. in a thick voice; indistinctly

thick (θɪk Pronunciation for thick ) 

Definitions

adjective

  1. of relatively great extent from one surface to the other; fat, broad, or deep ⇒ a thick slice of bread
    1. postpositive of specific fatness ⇒ ten centimetres thick
    2. (in combination) ⇒ a six-inch-thick wall
  3. having a relatively dense consistency; not transparent ⇒ thick soup
  4. abundantly covered or filled ⇒ a piano thick with dust
  5. impenetrable; dense ⇒ a thick fog
  6. stupid, slow, or insensitive ⇒ a thick person
  7. throaty or badly articulated ⇒ a voice thick with emotion
  8. (of accents, etc) pronounced
  9. (informal) very friendly (esp in the phrase thick as thieves)

  10. See a bit thick

  11. See a thick ear

adverb

  1. in order to produce something thick ⇒ to slice bread thick
  2. profusely; in quick succession (esp in the phrase thick and fast)

  3. See lay it on thick

noun

  1. a thick piece or part

  2. See the thick

  3. See through thick and thin

Derived Forms

ˈthickish adjective
ˈthickly adverb

Word Origin

Old English thicce; related to Old Saxon, Old High German thikki, Old Norse thykkr

Example Sentences Including 'thickly'

But rev him up on the subject and you can detect more than a hint of frustration in his thickly accented Welsh voice.
Misc (1999)
I rounded a bend where the trees and brush grew thickly.
Kallen, Lucille C B Greenfield - A Little Madness
In the Eastern United States you constantly see woodland garden paths thickly coated with pine needles or tan bark or a mixture of the two.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener
It doesn't have to be manure; almost any mulch, thickly applied, will do.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Just peel and thickly slice the potatoes, then cook in butter and a little water until soft and golden brown.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
Neither of them saw Roderick pull Donal away, back into the greenery that grew thickly under the wall.
Fraser, Christine Marion Noble Beginnnings
Some fairways fall away into thickly treed areas, while others slide into pine straw.
Globe and Mail (2003)
The fragile head with its black down growing so thickly over the soft bones.
Haines, Pamela The Golden Lion
The new humerus was thickly muscled for push-ups and would have resembled in its form the leg of a crocodile.
New Scientist (2004)

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