1. Without force or sincere effort
   "smiled thinly" 
2. Without viscosity
   - thin 
3. In a small quantity or extent
   "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"
   - lightly 
4. In a widely distributed manner
   "thinly overgrown mountainside"

See also: thin

Antonym: thickly

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