adv
Meaning 1
In a thick manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thickly
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/ˈθɪkli/
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CMU ARPABET: TH IH1 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a concentrated manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built
- a thickly populated area
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: densely
Antonyms: thinly
adverb
Meaning 3
in quick succession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- misfortunes come fast and thick
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thick
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
with thickness; in a thick manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface
- we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: thinly
adverb
Meaning 6
with a thick consistency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the blood was flowing thick
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thick
Antonyms: thinly
History
Etymology
From Middle English thikly; equivalent to thick + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: dense — in a thick manner
- Finnish: paksusti — in a thick manner
- French: épaissement — in a thick manner
- Macedonian: густо (gusto) — in a thick manner
- Norman: êpaissement — in a thick manner
- Russian: гу́сто (gústo) — in a thick manner
Real reading context