thick‧ly /ˈθɪkli/ adverb
[Word Family: noun: thick, thickness, thickener, thickening, thicko; verb: thicken; adverb: thickly; adjective: thick]

1. in a way that makes a thick piece or layer of something Antonym : thinly:
The cheese was sliced thickly.
a thickly carpeted hallway

2. thickly populated/wooded etc if an area is thickly populated, wooded etc, there are a lot of people, trees etc there close together Synonym : densely:
The eastern part of the country is more thickly populated.

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