thickly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɪkli/

Adverb

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

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.

Translations

in a thick manner

Finnish: paksusti (fi)
French: épaissement (fr)

Norman: êpaissement
Russian: гу́сто (ru) (gústo) (densely)

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