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
He sometimes slouched or stared emptily into the distance, or held a palm to his reddened forehead — given a persistent sheen by sweat — as if in despair.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2020
The developers built the outer structure quickly and then left it, abandoned and unfinished, its unpaned windows staring emptily out into the Brooklyn skies.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
