hollowlyadv.
/ˈhɒləʊli/, U.S. /ˈhɑloʊli/ In a hollow manner; with a hollow sound; insincerely.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adverb] > hollow
hollowlya1547
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adverb]
hollowyc1400
hollowlya1547
cavernously1849
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb]
askancesc1450
hollowlya1547
from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561
teeth outward(s)1561
unsincerelya1575
hollow1607
insincerely1625
fictly1677
with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842
phonily1936
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiiv Wherwith the caues gan hollowly resound.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 61 It may couer al the hoofe hollowly that it may not touche the soale.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 24 Ile..try your penitence, if it be sound, Or hollowly put on. View more context for this quotation
1814 Mermaid ii. i How strange and hollowly his accents sound!
1881 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. v The sound echoed hollowly through the house.
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