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emptily

adverb as in hopelessly

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The melancholy bleeds into the beautiful, without emptily aestheticizing for effect.

But when a common fellow emptily asks me anything, I tap it on this side and that, and sift it to the bottom.

The world seemed emptily open before her once more, chill and lonely as the autumn morning.

It fell on its back—a dead face covered with blood staring emptily at the ceiling.

The spritsail flapped emptily and the boat righted to an even keel, causing the two men swiftly to change position.

Who would have thought that the day that began so emptily would end with two of my rooms full,—each containing a widow?

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emptily, such as: desperately, sadly, dispiritedly, cynically, darkly, and dejectedly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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