adverb
Etymology: spare (II) + -ly
1. : sparingly
drinking gravely and sparely of the … punch — Irwin Shaw
2. : sparsely , meagerly
rooms were sparely furnished — Elizabeth M. Roberts
3. : leanly
sparely built, active little man
adverb
Etymology: spare (II) + -ly
1. : sparingly
drinking gravely and sparely of the … punch — Irwin Shaw
2. : sparsely , meagerly
rooms were sparely furnished — Elizabeth M. Roberts
3. : leanly
sparely built, active little man
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012