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What is the adjective for thinnesses?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb thin which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

thin
  1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  6. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
  7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. slim, slender, lean, skinny, spare, bony, slight, scrawny, svelte, underweight, lanky, rangy, scraggy, skeletal, emaciated, spindly, undernourished, gaunt, sylphlike, willowy, angular, cadaverous, pinched, wasted, gangling, gangly, light, meagre, reedy, underfed, anorectic, anorexic, boney, fatless, gracile, lank, lithe, macilent, stringy, ultrathin, weedy, puny, stalky, starveling, waifish, beanpole, beanstalk, featherweight, fragile, haggard … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “He was a thin man, but he was far from weak, standing about six-foot tall.”
      “Morning would dawn, and the sun would gradually force its way through the thin curtains into the hallway.”
      “Their protestations of contempt are merely a thin cover for deep feelings hidden through habit or fear of hurt.”
thinner
  1. comparative form of thin: more thin
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slimmer, slenderer, leaner, skinnier, sparer, bonier, slighter, scrawnier, svelter, lankier, rangier, scraggier, spindlier, gaunter, willowier, ganglier, lighter, meagrer, reedier, lanker, lither, stringier, weedier, punier, stalkier, fragiler, meagerer, scragglier, twiggier, more underweight, more skeletal, more emaciated, more undernourished, more sylphlike, more angular, more cadaverous, more wasted, more gangling, more underfed, more anorectic, more anorexic, more gracile, more macilent, more waifish, more haggard, more starved, more sticklike, more twiglike, finer, flimsier … more
thinnish
  1. Somewhat thin
  2. Examples:
      3. “The carambola, or five-finger fruit, has a mild but sweet taste, and a thinnish skin.”
      “Shake a thinnish layer of instant gravy granules over the mix and stir the whole from edge to centre until it's all absorbed.”
      “Although a thinnish volume, be prepared to allow double the time it would usually take to read another book of similar length.”
thinnest
  1. superlative form of thin: most thin
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slimmest, slenderest, leanest, skinniest, sparest, boniest, slightest, scrawniest, sveltest, lankiest, rangiest, scraggiest, spindliest, gauntest, willowiest, gangliest, lightest, meagrest, reediest, lankest, lithest, stringiest, weediest, puniest, stalkiest, fragilest, meagerest, scraggliest, twiggiest, most underweight, most skeletal, most emaciated, most undernourished, most sylphlike, most angular, most cadaverous, most wasted, most gangling, most underfed, most anorectic, most anorexic, most gracile, most macilent, most waifish, most haggard, most starved, most sticklike, most twiglike, finest, flimsiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They make a little mousse then they make the child's name from the thinnest layer of marzipan.”
      “This was done by shaving off part of one of the sides, and then shaving off some of the thinnest edge to make a flat plank.”
      “The epidermis is the thinnest component of the skin, varying in thickness from 0.04 mm on the eyelids to 1.6 mm on the palms of the hand.”
thinned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of thin
  2. Synonyms:
      3. diluted, adulterated, weakened, attenuated, rarefied, extended, irrigated, watered, watered down, thinned out, made thinner, added water to, decreased, diminished, dispersed, dissipated, dwindled, scattered, lessened, became less dense, become less dense, became less numerous, become less numerous, became less in number, become less in number, cleared out, pruned, cropped, pared, sheared, shore, shorn, trimmed, clipped, clipt, cut, lopped, lopt, shaped, shope, shapen, snipped, bobbed, nipped, pollarded, lopped off, cut back … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The broth was thinned, and was sadly lacking in spices and flavor.”
thinning
  1. present participle of thin
  2. Synonyms:
      3. diluting, adulterating, weakening, attenuating, rarefying, extending, irrigating, watering, watering down, thinning out, making thinner, adding water to, decreasing, diminishing, dispersing, dissipating, dwindling, scattering, lessening, becoming less dense, becoming less numerous, becoming less in number, clearing out, pruning, cropping, paring, shearing, trimming, clipping, cutting, lopping, shaping, snipping, bobbing, nipping, pollarding, lopping off, cutting back … more
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