thickly

thick  (thk)

adj. thick·er, thick·est

1.

a. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension; not thin: a thick board.

b. Measuring a specified number of units in this dimension: two inches thick.

2. Heavy in form, build, or stature; thickset: a thick neck.

3. Having component parts in a close, crowded state or arrangement; dense: a thick forest.

4. Having or suggesting a heavy or viscous consistency: thick tomato sauce.

5. Having a great number; abounding: a room thick with flies.

6. Impenetrable by the eyes: a thick fog.

7.

a. Not easy to hear or understand; indistinctly articulated: the thick speech of a drunkard.

b. Producing indistinctly articulated sounds: the thick tongues of barbarians.

8. Strongly apparent; conspicuous: a thick brogue.

9. Informal Lacking mental agility; stupid.

10. Informal Very friendly; intimate: thick friends.

11. Informal Going beyond what is tolerable; excessive.

adv.

1. In a thick manner; deeply or heavily: Seashells lay thick on the beach.

2. In a close, compact state or arrangement; densely: Dozens of braids hung thick from the back of her head.

3. So as to be thick; thickly: Slice the bread thick for the best French toast.

n.

1. The thickest part.

2. The most active or intense part: in the thick of the fighting.

Idiom:

thick and thin

Good and bad times: They remained friends through thick and thin.

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[Middle English thicke, from Old English thicce; see tegu- in Indo-European roots.]

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thickish adj.

thickly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	thickly - spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue; "after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly"
	2.	thickly - in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built"; "a thickly populated area" densely thinly - in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside"
	3.	thickly - with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" thick thin, thinly - without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin"
	4.	thickly - with thickness; in a thick manner; "spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface"; "we were visiting a small, thickly walled and lovely town with straggling outskirt" thinly, lightly - in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
	5.	thickly - in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" thick

Translations

thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] ADV

1. (= densely) a thickly populated area → una zona densamente poblada
the snow was falling thickly → la nieve caía con fuerza or copiosamente
the trees grew thickly along the river → los árboles crecían en abundancia a orillas del río
thickly wooded → densamente poblado de árboles

2. (= in a thick layer) she spread the butter thickly on the toast → untó una gruesa capa de mantequilla en la tostada
dust/snow lay thickly → había una espesa capa de polvo/nieve
the thickly carpeted dining room → el comedor con el suelo cubierto por una tupida moqueta
the ground was thickly carpeted with pine needles → el suelo estaba cubierto de una gruesa capa de agujas de pino

3. (= in thick pieces) to cut/slice sth thickly → cortar algo en rodajas gruesas

4. (= unclearly) [say, reply] (from drink, tiredness) → con voz pastosa; (with emotion) → con voz emocionada

thickly [ˈθɪkli] adv

[spread] → en couche épaisse; [cut] → en tranches épaisses; [butter] → abondamment
She buttered my bread thickly → Elle beurra abondamment mon pain.
thickly padded chairs → des chaises bien rembourrées
a thickly carpeted lounge → un salon couvert d'une épaisse moquette

(= densely) [grow] → dru
a thickly wooded hillside → un flanc de colline très boisé, un flanc de colline densément boisé
thickly populated → à forte densité de population

(= in a thick voice) [say, mumble] → d'une voix sourde

thickly

adv

spread, paint, cut → dick; populated, crowded, wooded → dicht

(= deeply) lie → dick; to be thickly covered with something → dick mit etw bedeckt sein; to be thickly carpeted → mit einem dicken Teppich ausgelegt sein; snow was falling thickly → dichter Schnee fiel; the thickly falling snow → der dicht fallende Schnee

speak (with a cold) → mit belegter Stimme; (with drink) → mit schwerer Zunge; (with emotion) → bewegt; (with fear) → angstvoll

thickly [ˈθɪklɪ] adv (spread) → a strati spessi; (cut) → a fette grosse; (populated) → densamente
the snow fell thickly → la neve cadeva fitta fitta
a thickly-wooded slope → un pendio molto boscoso