thickly
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++thick·ly /ˈθɪkli/ adverb 1 in a way that makes a thick piece or layer of something 厚厚地 OPP thinly The cheese was sliced thickly. 奶酪切得很厚。 a thickly carpeted hallway 铺着厚厚地毯的走廊2 thickly populated/wooded etc if an area is thickly populated, wooded etc, there are a lot of people, trees etc there close together 人口稠密的/树木茂密的等 SYN densely The eastern part of the country is more thickly populated. 该国东部地区人口比较稠密。Examples from the Corpus
thickly• He was a stout man with a bald crown round which a ruff of brown hair grew thickly.• He was in a blue uniform coat that was thickly encrusted with gold loops and edged with black astrakhan fur.• Peel off the skins and thickly slice the potatoes.• It has a thickly soft, two-beat thud, like the sound of a heavy door being repeatedly opened and shut.• A slattern brought his own meal, a thickly spiced bowl of soup.• The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper couldn't keep the glass free of it.thick·ly adverbChineseSyllable
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thickly
thick‧ly /ˈθɪkli/
adverb
OPP thinly:
The cheese was sliced thickly.
a thickly carpeted hallway
2. thickly populated/wooded etc if an area is thickly populated, wooded etc, there are a lot of people, trees etc there close together
SYN densely:
The eastern part of the country is more thickly populated.
thick‧ly /ˈθɪkli/
adverb Word Family: noun: thick, thickness, thickener, thickening, thicko; verb: thicken; adverb: thickly; adjective: thick
1. in a way that makes a thick piece or layer of something OPP thinly:
2. thickly populated/wooded etc if an area is thickly populated, wooded etc, there are a lot of people, trees etc there close together
SYN densely:
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