sparsely
/spˈɑɹsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more sparsely (comparative)
most sparsely (superlative)