sparsely
Adverb
In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
- Synonyms
- Examples
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a sparsely populated region
More examples (1)
Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.
Adverb
in a sparse way
- Examples
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sparsely inhabited
his beard grew sparsely
Word forms
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