Synonyms:
thinly
Meaning: without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
Usage examples
He heard a voice screaming thinly, and knew it was his own.
Add a few thinly cut shallots. Cover and let simmer until done.
The country is, perhaps, too thinly inhabited to produce many of that description of thieves termed footpads, or highwaymen.
At last the bollworm had attacked the cotton--the poison ivy was reaching out its tendrils to entwine the summer boarder--the millionaire lumberman, thinly disguised as the Alaskan miner, was about to engulf our Milly and upset Nature's adjustment.
At last the bollworm had attacked the cotton--the poison ivy was reaching out its tendrils to entwine the summer boarder--the millionaire lumberman, thinly disguised as the Alaskan miner, was about to engulf our Milly and upset Nature's adjustment.