adv
Meaning 1
In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sparsely populated region
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scantily
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sparsely
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a sparse manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sparsely inhabited
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sparse Middle English -ly English -ly English sparsely From sparse + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разпръснато (razprǎsnato) — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Bulgarian: нарядко (narjadko) — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Catalan: escassament — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Catalan: esparsament — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Czech: řídce — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Czech: spoře — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Estonian: hõredalt — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Finnish: harvasti — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Finnish: harvaan — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Hungarian: szórványosan — in a scattered or sparse manner
- Spanish: escasamente — in a scattered or sparse manner
Real reading context