IELTS Anvil

sparsely

CEFR: B2
In a thinly scattered, distributed, or infrequent manner; with low density (e.g. 'sparsely populated').

Synonyms

  • thinly
  • scantly
  • infrequently

Example Sentence

The arid interior of the continent remains sparsely populated due to severe freshwater scarcity.

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