Scarcely and Sparsely

Scarcely

Scarcely adverb - By a very small margin.

Sparsely and scarcely are semantically related in hardly topic. In some cases you can use "Sparsely" instead an adverb "Scarcely".

Nearby Words: scarce, scarcity, scarceness

Sparsely

Sparsely adverb - In a sparse manner.
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Scarcely and sparsely are semantically related in hardly topic. You can use "Scarcely" instead an adverb "Sparsely".

Nearby Words: sparse, sparingly, sparely
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