vacuously

/ˈvækjuəsli/ adv

In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.

Word Origin From Latin 'vacuus' meaning empty. To do something vacuously is to do it in an empty-headed way. The root also gives us 'vacuous' (empty of meaning), 'vacant' (empty of occupants), and 'evacuate' (to make empty). The breakdown vacu+ous+ly shows the emptiness suffix -ous and the adverbial -ly.

adv In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.

He stared vacuously out the window, not really seeing anything.

(副词) 茫然地;发呆地;无神地

他茫然地望着窗外,实际上什么也没看见。

(adverbio) vacíamente; atontadamente; aleladamente [De manera vacua, sin pensamiento.]

Miraba por la ventana con expresión **vacua**, sin ver realmente nada.

(adverbe) vaguement; d'un air absent; d'un air hébété; d'un air vague [D'un air vide, sans pensée ni expression ; d'une manière hébétée.]

Il regardait **vacuously** par la fenêtre, sans vraiment rien voir.

(Adverb) gedankenlos; leer [Auf eine gedankenlose, inhaltsleere Weise; ohne geistige Präsenz.]

Er starrte **vacuously** aus dem Fenster, ohne wirklich etwas wahrzunehmen.

(副詞) ぼんやりと、何かを考えていない様子で。

彼は窓の外をぼんやりと眺め、何も実際には見えていなかった。

(advérbio) vaziamente; distraidamente; apaticamente [De maneira vazia, sem pensamento.]

Ele olhava distraidamente pela janela, sem realmente ver nada.

adv Because of being a vacuous truth.

The statement is vacuously true because its premise is always false.

(副词) 因属空虚真理

这个陈述是空洞地为真,因为它的前提总是假的。

(adverbio) trivialmente [Por ser una verdad vacua.]

La afirmación es **vacuamente** verdadera porque su premisa siempre es falsa.

(adverbe) trivialement; vacuement; de manière vacuo [En logique, de manière vacuellement vraie, c'est-à-dire vraie uniquement parce que sa prémisse est toujours fausse.]

L'énoncé est **vacuously** vrai puisque sa condition préalable n'est jamais satisfaite.

(Adverb) In der Logik: aufgrund einer leeren Wahrheit, weil die Voraussetzung immer falsch ist.

Die Aussage ist **vacuously** wahr, weil ihre Prämisse niemals zutrifft.

(副詞) 空虚な真理であるために。前件が常に偽であることに基づいて。

前件が常に偽であるため、その命題は空虚な真理として真である。

(advérbio) vacuamente [Por se tratar de uma verdade vazia (vacuous truth).]

A afirmação é vacuamente verdadeira porque sua premissa é sempre falsa.

Word parts: vacu + ous + ly

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