adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
smile thinly written (= a little, not in a happy or friendly way )
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She smiled thinly. He would be sorry one day.
sparsely/thinly/lightly populated (= with very few people )
thinly disguised
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The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president.
Thinly slice
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Thinly slice the cucumbers.
thinly veiled (= only slightly hidden )
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‘I’m impressed,’ said Greg, with thinly veiled sarcasm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
disguised
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I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.
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In most firms, top management incentives are thinly disguised executive perks: not in Hanson.
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Integrity is vital but in all types of organisations including schools there are examples of thinly disguised contempt for customers and consumers.
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Almost all his climbs have a certain something: a thinly disguised air of intimidation often allied to a raw brutality.
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Rose Newbigging reports Without doubt the White Paper is a thinly disguised blueprint for the privatisation of health care in this country.
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Many practices have applied to run health promotion clinics for managing stress, which are thinly disguised counselling sessions.
veiled
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Mrs Thatcher's public speeches contained thinly veiled warning messages to colleagues who doubted the strategy.
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There is always a danger that it becomes a thinly veiled therapeutic exercise.
■ VERB
disguise
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This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement.
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Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.
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Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.
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Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised .
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No question, a lot of corporate take-overs are shams, thinly disguised .
populate
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Formerly the Amazon region was more thinly populated than the Sahara, containing perhaps some 50000 people, and importing food.
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Surface waters in contact with melting ice tend to be very thinly populated with zooplankton.
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Both are thinly populated areas far from departure and arrival points presently used by local commuters.
slice
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Chop garlic and onions; thinly slice carrots.
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To serve, slice thinly and serve with cornichons and chutney.
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Just before you toast the bread, halve, core and thinly slice the pear.
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Peel and discard rough outside husks of lemongrass stalks, then thinly slice cores that remain.
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The salmon was fairly simple, just some thinly sliced grilled fish on unremarkable toast points.
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Let stand 15 minutes, then slice thinly .
smile
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She looked at Hitch and smiled thinly , wetting her lips slightly with the tip of her tongue.
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I think I smiled thinly , however, because he was.
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She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble.
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I think she smiled thinly , said little, and later put the brush in a drawer.
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He smiled thinly and motioned the tall man back.
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Shiona smiled thinly , but refrained from voicing her suspicions out loud.
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Wilson smiled thinly at that bit.
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Carol smiled thinly in response and picked at the piece of toast on her plate.
spread
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The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
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Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.
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The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
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The flesh was thinly spread upon the elongated skull, the motionless hands were bony claws.
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Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly .
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You could also thinly spread some glue on the cracker and sprinkle some glitter powder over it.
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Lunch Two slices of toasted wholemeal bread spread thinly with Flora margarine and topped with 2 oz. grated cheddar cheese.
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Set aside one cake for the top and thinly spread the rest with jam.
veil
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She was only thinly veiled , and Rostov could see that although she was beautiful, she was old.
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Thinly veiled corporate speak acknowledged the clash.
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Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be spread (too) thin/thinly
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Perhaps the managerial talent that was responsible for the steady growth is spread too thin.
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Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly.
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The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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thinly sliced carrots
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thinly traded stocks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Mayli just smiled thinly , weakly.
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Pair the rounds with steamed red cabbage and thinly sliced zucchini.
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Peel maincrop potatoes thinly , preferably using a potato peeler.
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Peel the ginger, slice thinly with the grain, and cut the slices lengthwise into thin shreds.
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Quickly pour into the 2 buttered pans and spread thinly over entire surface of each.
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She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble.
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The rest were spread rather thinly across the categories of employment listed in Table 4.11.