adverb
- in a manner that lacks substance, meaning, or sincerity; hollowly
- in a way that suggests emptiness or absence of thought or feeling
Examples
- He smiled emptily, his eyes showing no genuine emotion.
- She stared emptily out the window, lost in thought.
- The politician spoke emptily about reform without offering concrete plans.
- He nodded emptily, not really listening to what was being said.
- The room felt emptily vast after everyone had left.
- She laughed emptily, a sound without real joy behind it.