Used in a Sentence

sparsely

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sparsely.

Editorial note

The no flight under 500 ft over anything other than sparsely populated areas is in AGL, not MSL.

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Quick take

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sparsely gathered in one view.

adverb

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sparsely.

adverb

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.

Example sentences

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The no flight under 500 ft over anything other than sparsely populated areas is in AGL, not MSL.

2

Some of my hardest challenges were implementing content for a MUD with a sparsely documented custom scripting language.

3

If you start commenting sparsely (or like me, not at all), it's considerably more difficult to increase it.

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Prior to that people were either too sparsely populated to be affected or there was no alternative.

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But you are absolutely right under some circumstances - in a sparsely populated desert, firefighting would be a private good.

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Of course, in a big map full of sparsely populated areas, all that green looks really good, rather than mostly useless.

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There are tons of quake-prone faults that are well outside of even sparsely populated areas.

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It's cool and all, but I've found attempting to live too sparsely compromises what I get from school.

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I believe it's mostly in the more sparsely uninhabited Aisne and Ardennes that there are still no-go zones.

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Everything that is popular and commonplace now was a sparsely populated frontier before.

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They just built a new highspeed train to the Xinjiang region which is a very sparsely populated area in the north east of China.

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South America is the most sparsely populated continent except Australia and Antarctica.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sparsely in a sentence?

The no flight under 500 ft over anything other than sparsely populated areas is in AGL, not MSL.

What does sparsely mean?

In a scattered or sparse manner; widely apart; thinly.

What part of speech is sparsely?

sparsely is commonly used as adverb.