Sparse, Sparsely
sparse (adjective) - small in number, spread out (not dense, scattered)
sparsely (adverb)
sparse surroundings
sparsely furnished
sparsely furnished but clean
sparse and modest
a sparse crowd
sparsely buttered
sparse hair
sparse conversation
sparse response
sparse services
sparse evidence
sparse description
sparse information
sparse research
sparse vegetation
sparse population
sparsely populated areas
remote sparsely populated areas
sparsely populated region
sparsely inhabited
sparsely distributed
sparse attendance
sparsely attended meeting
sparsely dispersed
occurs sparsely
looked sparse
relatively sparse
rather sparse
in a sparse manner
Example sentences:
* There was a sparse crowd gathered around the entrance way waiting for the arrival of the VIP.
* Can you expand a little bit on your rather sparse description of today's meeting?
* Smith is light-skinned, with sparse hair and a close-cropped beard.
* Conversation in the office this morning was sparse.
* He had a mental image of her pacing the sparsely furnished room that her uncle had given her, on the floor above the café, alone with her troubles. (Source: British National Corpus)
* He handed her a plate containing four small triangles of toasted wholemeal bread, sparsely buttered. (Source: British National Corpus)
* You'll love this apartment. It's sparsely furnished but clean.
* Her room was sparsely and rather modestly furnished.
* "An expansion of production will also come from the use of land which is now sparsely populated." (Source: British National Corpus)
* He had never seen such a sparsely attended meeting.
* The population of the region is relatively sparse.
* The already fairly sparse services that they receive are being cut once again.
* You may think that this room is sparsely furnished but it is actually over-furnished by medieval standards.
* Background information on the issue was so sparse, the article they published left a lot of questions open.
* Initially the response to the questionnaire was sparse.
* Good research is surprisingly sparse.(Source: British National Corpus)
* Dry sandy wastes with very sparse vegetation.
* The room was furnished in a sparse manner.
* Unfortunately the evidence on this point is very sparse and not very clear.
* Attendance at last week's sporting goods show looked sparse with most aisles in the convention center empty.
