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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
You can also hear faint gusts and flame sounds emerge sparsely throughout the project.
The office was resurrected after a lawsuit and court order, though it’s sparsely staffed.
Dominguez’s office is sparsely decorated, but one of the few pictures on the wall is of Three Mile Island.
An earlier one rocked Central California and Southern California in 1857, when the region was still sparsely populated.
Mr. Ciattarelli wants to pull New Jersey out of a cap-and-trade program that raises costs for gas plants, and to open new nuclear plants in sparsely populated parts of the state.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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