sparsely

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English sparse Middle English -ly English -ly English sparsely From sparse + -ly.

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

   “a sparsely populated region”

   “Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.”