emptily

/ˈɛmptili/ adv

In an empty manner

Word Origin Empty comes from Old English æmtig, which originally meant 'at leisure, unoccupied' — the idea of emptiness as free time. Emptily is doing something in an empty manner. So emptiness started as a concept of time, not space.

adv In an empty manner

He stared emptily out the window, lost in thought.

(副词) 空空地;空洞地

他空洞地望着窗外,陷入了沉思。

(adverbio) vacíamente; con expresión vacía [De manera vacía.]

Miró por la ventana con expresión vacía, perdido en sus pensamientos.

(adverbe) d'un air absent; dans le vide; vacement [D'une manière vide, sans expression ni pensée apparente.]

Il fixait la fenêtre **emptily**, perdu dans ses pensées.

(Adverb) Auf eine Weise, die Leere oder Ausdruckslosigkeit vermittelt; ohne innere Beteiligung.

Er starrte **emptily** aus dem Fenster, in Gedanken versunken.

(副詞) 何もないように、虚ろな様子で。

彼は物思いに耽りながら、**虚ろに**窓の外をじっと見つめていた。

(advérbio) vaziamente [De modo vazio; sem expressão ou conteúdo.]

Ele olhava fixamente pela janela, com o olhar vazio, perdido em pensamentos.

Word parts: empty + ly

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