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# thickly

adverb

«thickly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a thick layer or with a large distance from one side to the other: «spread the butter thickly». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#m1)
2. Closely together, densely: «thickly wooded hills». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#m2)
3. (of speech) In a way that is unclear or hoarse, as when someone has a cold or is upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In cooking: spread jam thickly, slice bread thickly. In geography: «thickly populated» or «thickly wooded» areas. In stories: «snow fell thickly», or a character speaks thickly when crying. Phrases: «thickly sliced», «thickly spread», «thickly covered», «thickly wooded».

### Examples

- She spread the peanut butter thickly on the toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x1)
- Snow fell thickly all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x2)
- The hills are thickly covered with trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x3)
- He sliced the cheese thickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x4)
- «I'm sorry,» she said thickly, trying not to cry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x5)
- The garden was thickly planted with flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x6)
- Paint the wall thickly so it covers the old colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x7)
- The ice lay thickly on the lake, as far one could see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/#x8)

### Note

Adverb of «thick». Opposite: «thinly». In geography «thickly populated» means many people in an area (high population density); for numbers, density = people ÷ area.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thickly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thickly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thickly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thickly.html) on Mova free.