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sparsely

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sparse  (spärs)
adj. spars·er, spars·est
Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.
[Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere, to scatter.]
sparsely adv.
sparseness, sparsi·ty (spärs-t) n.
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Adv.1.sparsely - in a sparse manner; "sparsely inhabited"
Translations
sparsely [ˈspɑːslɪ] ADV (= thinly) → escasamente; (= in scattered way) → en forma dispersa
sparsely populated → escasamente poblado
a sparsely furnished room → un cuarto con pocos muebles
sparsely [ˈspɑːrsli] adv
sparsely populated → à la population clairsemée
sparsely furnished → sommairement meublé(e)
sparsely
adv → spärlich; wooded also, populated → dünn; furnished also → dürftig; a hillside sparsely covered with trees → ein Hang mit spärlichem Baumwuchs
sparsely [ˈspɑːslɪ] adv → poco, scarsamente
sparsely [ˈspɑːslɪ] adv → poco, scarsamente


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Between these two the roadway runs in a trench, sparsely lighted at night, sparsely frequented by day, and bordered, when it was cleared the place of tombs, by dingy and ambiguous houses.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Soon we were past the high lands and bowling beside low, sandy country, sparsely dotted with dwarf pines, and soon we were beyond that again and had turned the corner of the rocky hill that ends the island on the north.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
He stayed, however, in apparent contentment for six days, playing with a microscope and a notebook in one of the many sparsely furnished sitting-rooms, but on the evening of the seventh day, as they sat at dinner, he appeared more restless than usual.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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