S0608000 (spärs)adj.spars·er, spars·est Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.[Latin sparsus, past participle of spargere, to scatter.]sparse′ly adv.sparse′ness, spar′si·ty(spär′sĭ-tē) n.Thesaurus
Adv.
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sparsely - in a sparse manner; "sparsely inhabited"