sparsely
sparsely adverb: in a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
Adverb
sparsely (comparative more sparsely, superlative most sparsely)
- 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...1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
- Synonyms:
- scantily
sparsely meaning in Malayalam
sparsely in Malayalam
- ഞെരുക്കമില്ലാതെ, വിരളമായി, ഓരോന്നായി, സ്വല്പമായി
Examples of sparsely in a sentence
- The region may be sparsely populated now, but our new infrastructure project will surely attract tons of development and investment. If you build it, they will come.
- Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
- Whimbrels in Iceland show a strong preference for sparsely vegetated riverplains.
Synonyms of sparsely
Forms of sparsely
| comparative | more sparsely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sparsely |
Origin of sparsely
From sparse + -ly.
Questions about sparsely
- What does sparsely mean?
- Sparsely means in a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
- What is sparsely in Malayalam?
- Sparsely in Malayalam is ഞെരുക്കമില്ലാതെ, വിരളമായി, ഓരോന്നായി. See Sparsely meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is sparsely?
- Sparsely is an adverb.
Words near sparsely in the dictionary
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