thinnish

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thin

(thĭn)

adj. thin·ner, thin·nest

a. Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.

b. Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.

2. Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.

a. Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.

b. More rarefied than normal: thin air.

a. Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.

b. Watery: thin soup.

a. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu.

b. Having a low number of transactions: thin trading in the stock market.

6. Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.

7. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.

8. Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.

9. Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.

adv.

1. In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle.

2. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.

tr. & intr.v. thinned, thin·ning, thins

To make or become thin or thinner.

[Middle English, from Old English thynne; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

thin′ly adv.

thin′ness n.

thin′nish adj.

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thinnish

(ˈθɪnɪʃ)

adj

tending to be a little thin

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Translations

magrolino sottile

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Ryabinin was a tall, thinnish, middle-aged man, with mustache and a projecting clean-shaven chin, and prominent muddy-looking eyes.

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"They told us below, we should find settlers something thinnish, hereaway, and I must say, the report was mainly true; for, unless, we count the Canada traders on the big river, you ar' the first white face I have met, in a good five hundred miles; that is calculating according to your own reckoning."

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Lucy was "blonde, with translucent skin and large blue eyes", whereas "Lois was nothing out of the ordinary--just a tallish, thinnish, brownish person with freckles" (115).

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She compared the bike-riding greyhaired gent from well-heeled Luxemburg, seemingly happy and healthy, with the heavily-bearded man of similar age from Slovenia, his thinnish shoulders visible beneath his raincoat.

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Juler's (1926) contention that the most common distribution of blood is in thinnish sheets in the nerve fibre layer which being of a similar colour as the choroid may escape notice, was not borne out in the present study where only a single case of lake or geographical haemorrhage was seen.

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If you haven't got a paella pan use a shallow, wide frying pan as the rice needs to cook in a thinnish layer.

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The 12% abv beer has a complex fruit nose, thinnish body, and lots of fruity flavors.