sparsely

Adverb

Meaning

In a scattered or sparse manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

few little simply slightly rarely occasionally shortly thin poorly barely hardly seldom lightly moderately sparse

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Antonyms

greatly extensively substantially badly vastly densely

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Phrases with the word

sparsely populated sparsely inhabited city sparsely populated city sparsely populated town

Examples

sparsely inhabited Source: Internet

his beard grew sparsely Source: Internet

;500 ft rule :An aircraft must maintain an altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. Source: Internet

According to economist Murray Rothbard : In the sparsely settled American colonies, money, as it always does, arose in the market as a useful and scarce commodity and began to serve as a general medium of exchange. Source: Internet

All this made possible the emergence of a sparsely populated and ill-organized area that isolated the Asturian kingdom from the Moorish assaults and allowed its progressive strengthening. Source: Internet

Although much of the watershed is rural and sparsely populated, areas with recreational and scenic values are growing rapidly. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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