as in insufficiently
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Recent Examples of sparely
Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparely
Adverb
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The liberals who were also racist or sexist or spoke about groups of people in hateful ways were human beings who were insufficiently reflective of what their liberalism entailed.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The decoy tactic failed miserably, says Zutterman.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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But the new study found that community notes are failing miserably.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sparely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparely. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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