adverb
definition
In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.
example
a sparsely populated region
synonyms
Examples of sparsely in a Sentence
It is the most sparsely populated province of Austria.
Although sometimes short, the tail is generally long, sparsely haired and scaly.
Nevada is the most sparsely settled state of the Union.
The remaining classes of Vertebrata are very sparsely represented in the high Alps; and what few species occur are mostly common to the plains as well.
For more than a century it was a sparsely settled farming community, the only article of manufacture being bricks.
It is therefore a sparsely settled region with lumbering for one of the leading industries, though there is some mining, as of iron.
Spencer county was still a wilderness, and the boy grew up in pioneer surroundings, living in a rude log-cabin, enduring many hardships and knowing only the primitive manners, conversation and ambitions of sparsely settled backwoods communities.
The striped hyena is scattered over the country sparsely.
It has a very sinuous channel which is navigable for small steamers for some distance, but there is no good port at its outlet, and a considerable part of the region through which it flows is malarial and sparsely settled.
The shore is barren, consisting largely of stretches of white sand or thin soil sparsely covered with scrub.
The discovery of diamonds on the Orange river in 1867, followed immediately afterwards by the discovery of diamonds on the Vaal river, led to the rapid occupation and development of a tract of country which had hitherto been but sparsely inhabited.
The sparsely populated country afforded a welcome to the fugitive Waldenses, who did something to restore it to prosperity, but this benefit was partly neutralized by the extravagance of the duke, anxious to provide for the expensive tastes of his mistress, Christiana Wilhelmina von Gravenitz.
It would also seem that during the breeding-season many of them are wholly nocturnal in their habits, passing the day in holes of the ground, or in clefts of the rocks, in which they generally nestle, the hen of each pair laying a single white egg, sparsely speckled in a few species with fine reddish dots.
Besides the sterile and monotonous steppes, valuable only as pasture, and so sparsely populated that it is possible to travel for many hours without encountering any sign of human life except a primitive artesian well or a shepherd's hut, there are wide expanses of fen-country, regularly flooded in spring and autumn.
The island, it will be seen, is very sparsely inhabited; the most densely peopled province is that of Imerina with (1905) 388,000 inhabitants.
In Hebrew times its valley was regarded as a "wilderness" and, except in the Roman era, seems always to have been as sparsely inhabited as now.
Any hope he'd had of finding something—anything!—to use as a weapon was dashed as he looked around the sparsely decorated room.
According to their reckoning, they should be in the general area of the mine, but the only sight before them was a steep upward slope sparsely covered with brush.
Most locals maneuvered their jeeps, Subarus or pickup trucks on the sparsely traveled roads with little notice of the winter deposits.
The wooden chair legs grated against the rough hardwood floor, echoing off the bare walls of her sparsely furnished living room.
It also covers one of the largest most sparsely populated districts in England.
Settlements in the sparsely inhabited region are almost entirely limited to the Ammassalik area.
They are present on all plastid types but are more common and extensive on non-green plastid types but are more common and extensive on non-green plastids that are sparsely distributed within the cell.
The whole of the rest of Lapland is very sparsely populated with a density of only slightly over two persons per sq km.
On the return he found a fantail nest with 2 eggs right along the trail in a sparsely vegetated bush.
With no more woodwind nor strings, the new Chorus plays sparsely produced pop songs, filling the sound out with keyboards and kazoos.
This tract is rugged and scored by ravines, and is very sparsely inhabited.
The Christian Endeavour movement in Great Britain derives, perhaps, its greatest force from its Primitive Methodist members; and the appointment of central missions, connexional evangelists and mission-vans, which tour the more sparsely populated rural districts, witness to a continuance of the original spirit of the denomination, while the more cultured side is fostered by the Hartley lecture.
The little town of Eregli, some 190 kilometres distant from Konia, presented the only excusable locality for the terminus of the first section, and even that place is 90 kilometres distant from Karaman, the last town of any importance for some hundreds of miles on the way to the Euphrates valley, the country between the two towns being desolate and sparsely inhabited.
The great Alfold and the western districts are the most densely populated parts, whereas the northern and eastern mountainous counties are sparsely inhabited.
Altogether, since 1896 Hungary has lost about a million of its inhabitants through this cause, a serious source of weakness in a sparsely populated country; in 1907 an attempt was made by the Hungarian parliament to restrict emigration by law.
The lands at Aldershot, an extensive open heath country, sparsely dotted by fir-woods and intersected by the Basingstoke canal, were then acquired by the crown.
Although sparsely populated, Harris is well renowned for its style and warmth of hospitality.
Although the mantel was sparsely decorated, each item had been artfully placed.
Use bamboo as a wall cover to create a clean and sparsely decorated space.
These retailers are also usually located within a reasonable driving distance, while outlet stores are typically sparsely located.
It is a spreading evergreen, flowering sparsely on heavy and cold soil, but on light soils often blooming freely in May; the flowers yellow, about 1 1/2 inches across, but not pretty.
These Pinks are admirable for the flower garden, either in beds by themselves or mixed; they may be well used with taller plants of a different character dotted sparsely among them.
It is not quite double, but is very fine in form and brilliant in color, though it flowers somewhat sparsely.
They appear above a few narrow sparsely toothed leaves, which barely rise from the ground.
Seeds are but sparsely produced and rarely, and should be carefully sought after.
The beads may be used sparsely, scattered across the front of the bag for a subtle accent.
Many empaths find a physical solution to the flood of emotions and other sensations by living in sparsely populated areas to have a facsimile of a “normal” life.
The two team up again to solve a murder on a sparsely populated Spacer world, in The Naked Sun (1957).
In The Naked Sun, the former Earth colony of Solaris is sparsely populated by humans, who, because of their extreme use of robotic labor, are very rich in material wealth.
It's a narrow passageway, sparsely equipped with computers and consoles.
Instead, select a few of the best images and icons from the websites below and use them sparsely throughout your website along with other fairy images.
Good pasture grounds are only found near the streams. The soil is dry gravel and clay, upon which bushes of Ephedra, Nitraria and Salsolaceae grow sparsely.
As agriculture was their favourite occupation, and as their tendency was to withdraw from the haunts and ordinary interests of mankind, we may assume that with the growing confusion and corruption of Jewish society they felt themselves attracted from the mass of the population to the sparsely peopled districts, till they found a congenial settlement and free scope for their peculiar view of life by the shore of the Dead Sea.
In the sparsely inhabited districts of the north the parish is sometimes of enormous extent, thus that of Gellivara has an area of about 6500 sq.