sparsely

English

Etymology

sparse +‎ -ly

Adverb

sparsely (comparative more sparsely, superlative most sparsely)

1. 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Estonian: hõredalt
• Finnish: harvasti, harvaan (fi)

References

• “sparsely”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “sparsely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Parsleys, parsleys