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sparsely
adverb as in hardly
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Weak matches
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- by a hair
- by no means
- detectably
- faintly
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- little
- no more than
- no way
- not a bit
- not at all
- not by much
- not likely
- not markedly
- not measurably
- not much
- not notably
- not noticeably
- not often
- not quite
- once in a blue moon
- only
- only just
- perceptibly
- pretty near
- scantly
- slightly
- sporadically
- with trouble
adverb as in lightly
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Example Sentences
Farsi doesn’t draw the ending out: just sparsely worded text after witnessing their final chat, followed by a video Hassona had taken rolling through her devastated city, somehow grounded in a palpable, undying everydayness.
A credible if sparsely sketched camaraderie emerges among members of the caravan, with young Esteban in awe of these reckless wanderers.
Social distancing made for an eerie feeling inside a sparsely populated Hampden Park.
Most of the area burned by the Mountain fire was in a sparsely populated part of the Santa Susana Mountains north of Highway 118.
The St. George Reef Lighthouse, six miles off the coast of California’s sparsely populated northwest corner, stands atop a sheer rock surrounded by nothing but the cold, tempestuous Pacific.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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