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Webster 1913 Edition


Thickly

Thick′ly

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adv.
In a thick manner; deeply; closely.

Webster 1828 Edition


Thickly

THICK'LY

,
adv.
Deeply; to great depth.
1.
Closely; compactly.
2.
In quick succession.

Definition 2024


thickly

thickly

English

Adverb

thickly (comparative thicklier or more thickly, superlative thickliest or most thickly)

  1. In a thick manner.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , chapter IV
      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 beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

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