thickly
adverb
- in a thick manner; so as to be thick, in various senses; densely; closely; abundantly; frequently; deeply; obscurely, indistinctly
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Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkli/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English thikly; equivalent to thick + -ly.
- In a thick manner.
“In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.”
“These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles.”