sparsely

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From sparse +‎ -ly.

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sparsely (comparative more sparsely, superlative most sparsely)

  1. In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
    Synonym: scantily
    a sparsely populated region
    • 1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
      Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.

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