sparsely

English

Etymology

sparse +‎ -ly

Adverb

sparsely (comparative more sparsely, superlative most sparsely)

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
a sparsely populated region

Synonym: scantily

Translations

in a scattered or sparse manner

Catalan: escassament (ca), esparsament (ca)
Czech: řídce

Estonian: hõredalt
Finnish: harvasti, harvaan (fi)

References

sparsely in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
sparsely in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Parsleys, parsleys

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