sparsely

Definitions

In a way that is thinly dispersed or scattered.

In a manner that is not dense or crowded; scantily.

Examples

The remote mountain village was sparsely populated, with only a few houses scattered across the valley.

The desert landscape was sparsely vegetated, featuring only the occasional hardy shrub.

Synonyms

scantily meagerly thinly infrequently lightly scarce sporadically

Antonyms

densely abundantly thickly frequently profusely crowdedly plentifully