# thickly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈθɪkli/ · frequency rank #45,698

## Definitions
1. In a thick manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English thikly; equivalent to thick + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **tricky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-tricky)
- **thinly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-thinly)
- **tickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-tickle)
- **trickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-trickle)
- **thirdly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-thirdly)
- **thick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thick-vs-thickly)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-thickly)
- **thicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicken-vs-thickly)
- **thicket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-thickly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`htickly`, `thcikly`, `thhickly`, `thicckly`, `thickkly`, `thicklly`, `thicklyy`, `thickyl`, `thiclky`, `thikcly`, `tihckly`, `tthickly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thickly