adverb
definition
In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
Examples of thinly in a Sentence
In the hill tracts and the marshy depression of the Ob they are unbroken, except by the bald summits of the loftier mountains (goltsy); they have the aspect of agreeable bosquets in the Baraba steppe, and they are thinly scattered through south-eastern Transbaikalia, where the dryness of the Gobi steppe makes its influence appreciably felt.
It is thinly wooded, except in the north, where the climatic conditions approach those of the Amazon valley.
Sumatra, the largest of the islands, is but thinly peopled; the greater part of the surface is covered with dense forest, the cultivated area being comparatively small, confined to the low lands, and chiefly in the volcanic region near the centre of the island.
The northern and western provinces of Cambodia which fall outside the densely populated zone of inundation are thinly peopled; they consist of plateaus, in many places thickly wooded and intersected by mountains, the highest of which does not exceed 5000 ft.
Marryat's first attempt was somewhat severely criticized from an artistic point of view, and he was accused of gratifying private grudges by introducing real personages too thinly disguised; and as he attributed some of his own adventures to Frank Mildmay he was rather shocked to learn that readers identified him with that disagreeable character.
It is a stony, semi-arid region, thinly wooded, having good grazing campos in its extreme western section.
The various local bodies are municipalities or shires, the former is the term applied to closely peopled areas of small extent endowed with complete local government, and the latter is the designation of the more extensive districts, thinly peopled, to which a less complete system of local government has been granted.
Except in the towns of the outer border, the Lake District is very thinly peopled; and from the economic point of view, the remarkable beauty of its scenery, attracting numerous residents and tourists, is the most valuable of its resources.
Mid Wales is mainly a pastoral country, and very thinly peopled.
The Chalk is everywhere very thinly peopled, except where it is thickly covered with boulder clay, and so becomes fertile, or where it is scored by drift-filled valleys, in which the small towns and villages are dotted along the high roads.
Agricultural areas are very thinly peopled; purely pastoral districts can hardly be said to have any settled population at all.
There are very few dwellings situated at a higher level than moo ft., and on the lower ground the Chalk and the Oolitic limestones, where they crop out on the surface, are extremely thinly peopled, and so as a rule are areas of alluvial deposits and the Tertiary sands.
To the east of the Giens peninsula is the fine natural harbour of Hyeres, as well as three thinly populated islands (the Stoechades of the ancients), Porquerolles, Port Cros and Le Levant, which are grouped together under the common name of Iles d'Hyeres.
In the valleys and lowlands the vegetation is dense, but the general appearance of the plateaus is of a comparatively bare country with trees and bushes thinly scattered over it.
The Mitau plain divides it into two parts, of which the western is fertile and thickly inhabited, except in the north, while the eastern is less fertile and thinly inhabited.
The spores should be thinly sprinkled on the surface of the soil in well-drained pots, which should stand in saucers filled with water and be covered with glass plates.
The most thickly populated province is Lower Austria; the Alpine provinces are sparsely populated, while Salzburg is the most thinly populated crown land of Austria.
Aragon and Estremadura, the two most thinly peopled of all the old provinces, and the eastern half of Andalusia (above Seville), have all suffered particularly in this manner, later occupiers never having been able to rival the Moors in overcoming the sterility of nature, as in Aragon, or in taking advantage of its fertility, as in Andalusia and the Tierra de Barros.
The blonde smiled thinly, keeping her eyes on the vampire.
The nearest small town was thinly populated during winter, but she'd seen people there during her exploration of the area around Jonny's.
Optional - sprinkle thinly sliced or slivered almonds over soaked cake.
You can also add thinly sliced raw cabbage to salads.
Wash and thinly slice the courgettes into 1cm slices.
Slice them thinly, work quickly to prevent discoloration.
Many of my stories are set in thinly disguised London locations.
I was out alone on another " cannon test ", which was the usual thinly veiled excuse to look for trouble.
Pull the segments apart and slice each thinly with the serrated knife, putting the pips in the cloth.
Peel and thinly slice mango (its GI score is reduced by the protein in the mackerel ).
After the pie is almost done, spread the meringue thinly across the top.
The thinly veiled critique of western multinationals ' policies in Asia should also be applauded.
There is the same amount of red pigment on the surface of the balloon it is just spread more thinly and appears pale.
The area is the most thinly populated part of Britain.
The Interpreter does get a bit preachy at times with its (thinly) veiled resemblance to current political issues.
The capital of a thinly populated province of the same name, the city of Murcia has a population of 358,000 people.
I really had enough tutus or thinly clad young ladies for one night and I really wanted something more serious.
Without doubt, we execute the death penalty with a thinly veiled racial bias.
The sun shone thinly through the window, settling on the wardrobe with its thin layer of dust over shiny polished wood veneer.
Pastoral communities are always scattered very thinly over large areas; agricultural populations may be almost equally sparse where advanced methods of agriculture and labour-saving machinery are employed; but where a frugal people are situated on a fertile and inexhaustible soil, such as the deltas and river plains of Egypt, India and China, an enormous population may be supported on a small area.
The region of dense forest, however, does not cover the whole of Liberia; the Makona river and the northern tributaries of the Lofa and St Paul's flow through a mountainous country covered with grass and thinly scattered trees, while the ravines and watercourses are still richly forested.
In a primitive, Begin- thinly populated, agricultural country, in which the flings of demand for agricultural labour greatly exceeds the serfdom.
In the 16th century it was a thinly populated region inhabited chiefly by Cossacks, speaking the so-called Little Russian dialect, and until 1569 it formed nominally part of Lithuania, but was practically independent.
The best railways of the United States and Canada have, indeed; been greatly improved, and their main lines approach the high standards of safety which prevail in Great Britain, both as regards maintenance and care of roadway and vehicles (as a preventive of derailments) and the use of the block system (as a preventive of collisions); but when the inquirer looks at America as a whole - the total length of lines in the United States being over 230,000 m., ten times the total of the United Kingdom - he is considering a figure which includes an enormous mileage of railway lying in thinly settled regions where the high standards of safety maintained on the best railways have scarcely been thought of.
This province is thinly populated, and is cultivated only along the lines of its rivers.
East and south of the Sierra de Merida and the Maritime Andes the region is thinly populated and little known.
All this has led to thinly veiled threats of US action against the country.
Spread the jam thinly over the cream filling and then place the other sponge onto as with a victoria sponge cake.
Peel or scrub a number (say 6) of waxy potatoes & slice them very thinly into rounds.
And with the thinly refined components of the powder, you can achieve this persona without weighing down your skin and clogging your pores.
Slice the lemon thinly and place the slices over the chicken.
Thinly sliced strawberries find their way into gangs with meat and chilies or served with vegetables boiled in coconut milk.