sparsely

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

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