SPARSELY Meaning of SPARSELY in English adv.Sparsely is used with these adjectives: ↑ covered , ↑ furnished , ↑ populated , ↑ woodedSparsely is used with these verbs: ↑ decorate , ↑ distribute Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012