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ad. In a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart; thinly.

ad. In a scattered or sparse manner.

In a scattered or sparse manner; scantily; widely apart, as regards population, etc.; thinly.

In botany and zoology, so as to be sparse, thin, few, or scanty; sparely or sparingly. See sparse, a., 2, 3.

ad. in a sparse manner

"I think that one of the reasons why sex workers typically live at brothels while they work there is because they are way out in sparsely populated areas, so people come in from other places to work."

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