How to pronounce sparsely in American English
“sparsely” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sparsely the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“sparsely” in real sentences — American speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in sparsely populated areas.
CDC
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more sparsely populated areas of smaller geographies.
Census Bureau
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The apartment itself to say was sparsely furnished.
NIST
Words that sound like “sparsely”
Words one sound away from sparsely — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sparsely”
Why real speech
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