What does sparsely mean?
Sparsely means In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly..
a sparsely populated region
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.
Use sparsely when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sparsely means In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly..
Common synonyms include scantily.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a sparsely populated region
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