Densely is an English word with synonyms like thickly or thinly. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Densely meaning
In a dense manner.
Using Densely
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dense manner.
- Useful related words include: dumbly, obtusely, thickly, thinly.
- In the example corpus, densely often appears in combinations such as: densely populated, in densely, the densely.
Context around Densely
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Densely
- In this selection, "densely" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, urbanizing, split, populated and inhabited stand out and add context to how "densely" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across the densely populated gaza and airstrikes into densely populated areas. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "densely" sits close to words such as administer, constantine and convict, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with densely
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has far higher pollution levels and runs straight through two densely populated residential areas. (15 words)
More than 4 million people live in the densely populated opposition-held northwest the Turkish border. (16 words)
Most urban rivers in Malawi turn into dumpsites as they split densely populated markets and settlements. (16 words)
Alarm has grown over the fate of Palestinian civilians in blockaded and besieged Gaza – one of the world’s most densely populated areas, home to 2.4 million people – if it becomes the scene of intense urban combat and house-to-house fighting. (43 words)
But Tsui sets the action in Kowloon’s walled city, a largely lawless and densely populated tenement largely made up of refugees that hit peak wildness between the 1950s and 1980s when controlled by local triads. (36 words)
As clashes continue in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, heavy gunfire and blasts are happening in the proximity of densely populated residential areas and civilian infrastructure with civilian casualties being reported in various locations. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Alarm has grown over the fate of Palestinian civilians in blockaded and besieged Gaza – one of the world’s most densely populated areas, home to 2.4 million people – if it becomes the scene of intense urban combat and house-to-house fighting.
As clashes continue in Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, heavy gunfire and blasts are happening in the proximity of densely populated residential areas and civilian infrastructure with civilian casualties being reported in various locations.
But the raids, often conducted in tight alleyways and densely inhabited neighborhoods, can set off more bloodshed, as well.
But Tsui sets the action in Kowloon’s walled city, a largely lawless and densely populated tenement largely made up of refugees that hit peak wildness between the 1950s and 1980s when controlled by local triads.
But with strikes and ground fighting taking place in densely populated urban areas, many civilians have died.
Enthused by the patronage for Water Metro ferries from the city to Vypeen and Kakkanad, people from densely populated areas near waterbodies have demanded their share of Water Metro jetties.
Footage shared on social media showed the tornado touching down in a densely populated part of the northern Italian city.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated territories in the world and also one of its poorest.
Here’s a paradox: slightly less than 80% of young Americans believe that Israel has the right to defend itself through airstrikes into densely populated areas, provided that civilian warnings are issued.
He understands that much of Gaza’s suffering is due to the blockade and bombardment from the Israeli military in one of the most densely populated areas on Earth.
In our densely populated country with very crowded skies we can just become another co-lateral disaster statistic.
Israel has carried out weeks of intense bombardment of the densely populated Strip following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israeli communities, which it says killed some 1,400 people.
Israel insists that it takes steps to avoid civilian casualties, and blames Hamas for embedding itself in densely-populated areas.
It has far higher pollution levels and runs straight through two densely populated residential areas.
It’s dangerous to increase operations with even larger private aircraft in a rapidly urbanizing densely populated part of the city,” Desai wrote.
It won’t be easy, but California will have to find innovative ways to manage a planned retreat, including from some densely populated places.
More than 4 million people live in the densely populated opposition-held northwest the Turkish border.
Most urban rivers in Malawi turn into dumpsites as they split densely populated markets and settlements.
Netanyahu’s vow to unleash the full force of the Israeli military on Hamas has raised fears for the safety of Israeli civilians spread in undisclosed locations across the densely populated Gaza Strip.
Satellite analysis also shows destruction of residential areas, school buildings and mosques in Beit Lahiya, Jabalia and areas of Gaza City - one of the most densely populated places in the world.
Common combinations with densely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- densely populated 152×
- in densely 37×
- the densely 31×
- most densely 26×
- densely packed 14×
- and densely 9×
- more densely 8×
- less densely 5×
- of densely 4×
- from densely 4×