# thinly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈθɪnli/ · frequency rank #20,513

## Definitions
1. In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
2. Barely; hardly; with little attempt to conceal.

## Etymology
From Middle English þynnelich (“with thin material; thinly”); equivalent to thin + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinly-vs-tiny)
- **tilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinly-vs-tilly)
- **thirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinly-vs-thirty)
- **thirdly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinly-vs-thirdly)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-thinly)
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/think-vs-thinly)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thing-vs-thinly)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thine-vs-thinly)
- **Thiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thinly)
- **things** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/things-vs-thinly)
- **thinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thinks-vs-thinly)
- **thingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thingy-vs-thinly)
- **thickly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thickly-vs-thinly)

## Common misspellings (10)
`htinly`, `thhinly`, `thilny`, `thinlly`, `thinlyy`, `thinnly`, `thinyl`, `thnily`, `tihnly`, `tthinly`

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