different between thickly vs slather

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kli/

Adverb

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

1. In a thick manner.

Translations

English

Etymology

Unknown; attested from early 19th century, in the sense "to slip, slide".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæð?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æð?(?)

Verb

slather (third-person singular simple present slathers, present participle slathering, simple past and past participle slathered) (transitive)

1. To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.

2. (often followed by with) To apply generously upon.

3. To squander.

Translations

Noun

slather (plural slathers)

1. (cooking) A thick sauce or spread that is to be slathered (spread thickly) onto food.
2. Drool (especially if abundant).
   • 1983, Edda: A Collection of Essays (Robert James Glendinning), page 177:

     [The river] Ván in SnE I 21 is mentioned as coming from the slather of the bound Fenris Wolf.

3. (usually in the plural) A generous or abundant quantity.
   • 1919, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, ch. 24,

     In her eyes the manse people were quite fabulously rich, and no doubt those girls had slathers of shoes and stockings.

Anagrams

• Hartels, Hartles, Stahler, halster, halters, harslet, lathers, thalers