vacantlyadv.
/ˈveɪk(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈveɪkən(t)li/ In a vacant manner; †in freedom from business or work.
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society > leisure > [adverb]
vacantly1615
avocationally1952
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adverb] > emptily
emptily1591
toomly1606
vacantly1817
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]
unsensibly1565
insensiblya1603
brainlessly1610
heartlessly1611
unmeaningly1789
vacantly1839
mindlessly1857
uncomprehendingly1858
vacuously1860
insensately1863
incomprehendingly1885
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 288 Great is the difference between leading thy life vacantly and leading it slouthfully.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. xxii. 104 Its sculptured walls vacantly to the stroke Of footfalls answered.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 134 The back parlour sat with her mouth wide open, staring vacantly at the collector in a stupor of dismay.
1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 322 Striding over to the place he laughed vacantly as he heard the story.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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