thinly

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made or done so that something is not thick:

thinly-sliced ham

with only a small number of people or things, or without the people or things being close to each other:

a thinly populated area

thinly planted seedlings

in a way that is not difficult to see through or to recognize:

A light mist thinly covered the summit.

a thinly disguised lie

in a way that is not difficult to see through or understand:

It was a thinly disguised attempt to gain control.

made or done so that something has a small distance from the top to the bottom side:

Thinly sliced cheese is good for sandwiches.

with few people buying or selling shares, etc.:

thinly traded markets/securities/stocks There are thinly traded markets for all three companies' shares.

without enough money, people, supplies, etc. to operate, do a job, or provide what is needed:

The refineries were thinly staffed, and employees were overworked.

If budgets become more thinly stretched, service quality can only suffer.

Because the industry is thinly capitalized, it remains highly vulnerable to the next economic downturn.