D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Thinly

/thĭn'-lē/ · Thin·ly · IPA /ˈθɪnli/
01 a. In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
  1. 1.
    In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.