empty
adjective
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents.
emptily
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a word derived from
empty.
Example Sentences
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Glinda’s shtick had me laughing reflexively but emptily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
In another a speechless young man, heavily bandaged, gazes emptily into the camera.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
“Brown just stood there, staring emptily into chaos,” writes Kent Babb in “Across the River: Life, Death, a nd Football in an American City.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
I don’t mean to suggest that this approach is emptily imitative, “all style and no substance.”
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2018
The world was a big, big place and she was so tiny, so insignificant, rattling around emptily.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
