Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thickly

/ˈθɪkli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: thick-ly
IPA: /ˈθɪkli/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a thick manner.

Example Sentences

"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 vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat."
"These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles."
"Through the thickly wooded and precipitous slopes on either side of the line there are one or two short rock tunnels."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thikly
Suffix: thick

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

densely thick

Antonyms

thinly

Rhymes With

quickly prickly sickly bickley stickley slickly brickley mickley

Questions

How do you pronounce thickly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɪkli/.
What does thickly mean?: In a thick manner.
Where does thickly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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