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Definition of Emptily
1. in an empty manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emptily
Literary usage of Emptily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Aspects & Destines by W. Petrie Watson (1904)
"I rose as the figure came towards the verandah and the emptily expectant chair
facing mine. ‘Good morning, your Excellency,' I said, meaning, ‘I hail thee, ..."
2. Japan: Aspects & Destines by W. Petrie Watson (1904)
"... on the verandah, emptily expectant, as it seemed. I waited, conscious of the
oppressive vacuity of the guest- chamber and of the chair that faced me. ..."
3. Morals on the Book of Job by Gregory (1845)
"Observe from the same cause whence the rich 'man emptily rejoices with a proud
heart, another that is poor more emptily sorrows with a proud heart. ..."
4. The American Presbyterian Review by Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood (1871)
"That end being reached, we way conceive of the requirement, in its particular
form, as remaining eternally, though emptily operative ; and as eternally and ..."
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