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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Thinly

"Using computers was very complicated and thinly available then"

How would you paraphrase "thinly available"? Is it OK hardly\bearly?
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thin also means few having only a small number or amount of something: Attendance at the meeting was rather thin. so, in your sentence, it apperantly means "using computers was not that common. e.

— Seyfihoca

  • thin also means few having only a small number or amount of something: Attendance at the meeting was rather thin.
  • so, in your sentence, it apperantly means "using computers was not that common.
  • e.
  • users of it were rather few.
  • barely/hardly is very close to "none".
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thin also means few

having only a small number or amount of something:

Attendance at the meeting was rather thin.

so, in your sentence, it apperantly means "using computers was not that common. i.e. users of it were rather few.

barely/hardly is very close to "none".
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'Thinly available' sounds odd, in the context of computers.

Also, it seems to qualify 'using' in your sentence, M!

MrP
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having only a small number or amount of something:

Attendance at the meeting was rather thin

Thank you, Seyfihoca, but I'm looking for another word (not a phrase) to replace "thinly" so that it will make good sense in the phrase "thinly available".
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Perhaps:

'Using computers was very complicated in those days. Nor were they widely available.'

MrP
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