Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a thick manner, in any sense of the word thick; densely; closely; deeply; abundantly; frequently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a thick manner; deeply; closely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
thick manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in quick succession
- adverb spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
- adverb in a concentrated manner
- adverb with a thick consistency
- adverb with thickness; in a thick manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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They talk a lot, talking about specifics in thickly-accented English and slipping into Lebanese to bicker with each other, which is frequent.
When To Eat Out, And Why howardtayler 2006
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We kicked back in thickly padded seats on the canoe's bottom as the boat trailed spray and a long, white wake over the river's black surface.
Find Legendary Smallmouth Bass and Landlocked Salmon Fishing at Maine's Weatherby and Wheaton Lodges 2005
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-- EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL (Myriophyllum spicatum) grows thickly from the bottom and mats on the surface.
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'Coming, Craik?' he called thickly, after a long pause.
The Return Walter De la Mare 1914
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She called his name thickly, "Ranny!" and suddenly it was as if his very nerves and the strength of his knees dissolved and flowed like water, and drawing he was drawn over the threshold.
The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904
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Oh, Beatrice! "he called thickly, in guarded tones.
Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906
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"Helm," von Schiller called thickly after him, "make certain that nobody disturbs me."
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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In Aubrey's posthumous work on Surrey, published in 1718, the northern part of the hill is described as thickly covered with yew-trees, and the southern part with "thick boscages of box-trees," which "yielded a convenient privacy for lovers, who frequently meet here, so that it is an English Daphne."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 Various
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Continuing to move westward toward the interior, we had now gradually left behind the more thickly settled portions of the city, if indeed any portion of these modern cities, in which every home stands in its own inclosure, can be called thickly settled.
Equality Edward Bellamy 1874
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Well, when it got kind of thickly populated through here, they built on to it.
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