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Synonyms for sparsely
The synonym for sparsely recorded in this bank is thinly, in the sense "thinly, with wide gaps between". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for sparsely
- thinlyadverb, in the sense "thinly, with wide gaps between"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day sparsely is audited in a second meaning.
thinly, with wide gaps between
Cacti grew sparsely across the sun-baked plain.
The true synonym
thinly
Same sentence, swapped: Cacti grew thinly across the sun-baked plain.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot sparsely is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- densely
- seasonally
- shallowly
Where sparsely turns up in the game
sparsely is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where sparsely is the trap
- denselyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is thickly, in the sense "closely packed together", so sparsely is there to be ruled out.
- seamlesslyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is imperceptibly, in the sense "in a way that has no visible joins", with sparsely sitting one tile away.
Play sparsely
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sparsely reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because nature is the company sparsely keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sparsely carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.