sparsely

[US]/'spa:sli/
[UK]/ˈsp ɑrslɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. thinly scattered; in small numbers; deficiently; meagerly.

Phrases & Collocations

sparsely populated

Example Sentences

a district sparsely inhabited

a sparsely populated region

a sparsely inhabited plain.

Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.

The ground was sparsely covered with grass.

ovary hairy, sparsely shortly echinate;

margin revolute;apex acute;abaxial surface sparsely rufous-tomentose, indumentum ± detersile, midrib sparsely glandular-hairy;

He was only sparsely read in fields outside his profession.

biological species is sparsely, based on xenophile and halophyte hungriness community.

It is mostly rural and sparsely populated, with more in common with Midwestern districts than those downstate.

stems and petioles glabrous or sparsely covered with multicellular hairs and squamae above.

Stems 50-150 cm tall, usually branched throughout, densely to very sparsely strigillose, with long suberect red pustulate-based hairs, and glandular hairs on inflorescence.

leaf blade broadly cordate or broadly hastate-cordate, 5-10 × 3-8 cm, abaxially densely brown villous or strigillose along veins, adaxially sparsely strigillose or glabrescent, base deeply cordate;

Real-world Examples

This is the most sparsely populated sovereign country in the world.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2023 Compilation

No, it would be as sparsely populated as France is now.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The hostile environment makes it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

Source: Wild Arctic

About 500 residents of the sparsely populated area were ordered to evacuate.

Source: AP Listening January 2022 Collection

There's public hospitals shutting down, and shelves in pharmacies are sparsely stocked.

Source: NPR News July 2021 Compilation

The middle part of the country, which is hot and dry is sparsely populated.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

From Bethlehem to the Philippines, worshipers attended scaled-down services, seated sparsely and wearing masks.

Source: PBS English News

Two twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Rozel, a sparsely populated area in central Kansas.

Source: AP Listening Collection May 2013

Some of Skylab's debris did rain down on land, but in a sparsely populated desert.

Source: Time

Most other extremely sparsely populated places in the world still have at least one proper major city.

Source: Realm of Legends

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