emptily
adverb
uk/ˈemp.təl.i/us/ˈemp.təl.i/emptilyadverb(CONTAINING NOTHING)
in a way that does notcontainany things orpeople:
空地；无人地Hishandshungemptily at hissides, and he couldthinkof nothing to say.他的双手空荡荡地垂在身侧，想不出有什么可说的。
Thescaffoldingof the half-builtmillstoodemptily, like theskeletonof aforest.盖了一半的磨坊外的脚手架空荡荡地立在那里，就像一片光秃秃的森林。
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empty
- We werestoppedforspeedingon one of thoseroadsthatopenemptily andirresistiblybefore you go all the way to thehorizon.
- Voicesringemptily against thebrickwalls.
Empty
- bare
- barrenness
- blank
- clear
- cleared
- dead
- deserted
- desolate
- empty
- flat
- forlorn
- hollow
- low-traffic
- nothingness
- uncrowded
- uninhabited
- unobstructed
- unoccupied
- vacant
- vacuum
emptilyadverb(NOT SINCERE)
in a way that is notsincereor is without anyrealmeaning:
无诚意地；空洞地；无意义地She uses emptilyflatteringphrases.她爱说空洞的奉承话。
Theclaimtomoralsuperiorityringsmore emptily thanever.宣称拥有道德优越感比以往任何时候都更加空洞。
- His wordsringemptily.
- Thecompanyemptilypromisedtolookforpartnershipswithlocalgroups.
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- glibness
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- pretension
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick
emptilyadverb(WITHOUT PURPOSE)
in a way that is withoutpurposeorinterest:
空虚地；无目地；无意义；无兴趣Hisideasseemedemptilytheoreticalandinsubstantial.他的想法似乎只是些空洞的理论，没有实质内容。
Itseemsasocietythat isdecadentand emptily consumerist.这似乎是一个颓废且浮夸的消费主义社会。
- Hestaredemptily at thecloudless, star-filledsky.
- Thewebsiteisfullofadvertisingphotosthat are as emptilyelegantas thegoodstheycelebrate.
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- futile
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- no goodidiom
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability