sparsely

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: sparse=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

sparsely, adv. 

 In a scattered or sparse manner.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

sparsely

at infrequent intervals, at large, diffusely, dispersedly, everywhere, exiguously, hardly, hardly ever, here and there, in all quarters, in places, in spots, infrequently, meagerly, not often, passim, piddlingly, rarely, scantily, scarcely, scarcely ever, scrimpily, seldom, skimpily, sparingly, sparsim, sporadically, spottily, stingily, thin, throughout, uncommonly, unfrequently, unoften, very seldom, wherever you look