hollowly

Examples

• All

• The pretty girl's heels rapped hollowly on the wooden floor as she left the room.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The soft, flat slap-slap of her footsteps echoed hollowly off the low concrete ceiling.

  Fiction book (1991)

• "Hello," he called, and his voice ran hollowly in the empty room.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Their feet echo hollowly, so alone, in the crew's mess.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Then Chief Thunderbird said hollowly, "We have not changed our minds."

  Fiction book (1991)

• Their footsteps echoed hollowly as he led the way up dark staircases.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I could hear the water slapping hollowly against the pilings below and smiled slightly.

  Fiction book (1998)

• His footsteps echoed hollowly through this place that had once been filled with the voices and laughter of multitudes.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "How many men have you killed, Casimir?" Thoris whispered, his eyes staring hollowly.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Hello," he called, and his voice ran hollowly in the empty room.

Synonyms

T

thinly

vshollowly

10 3.2

With little feeling or energy

stresses being emotionally hollow and insincere rather than merely weakly expressed

I

impassively

vshollowly

4 6.8

In a way that shows no feeling or reaction

is more about a hollow, insincere tone than just being unmoved

V

vacantly

vshollowly

3 4.8

In a blank way that shows no interest or thought

emphasizes lack of warmth or sincerity rather than just a blank look

L

lifelessly

vshollowly

1 5.4

In a way that shows no energy or interest

centers on a cold insincere tone rather than simple low energy

E

emptily

vshollowly

1 5.9

In a way that shows no feeling or life

is more about sounding insincere and lacking warmth rather than just empty feeling

U

unemotionally

vshollowly

1 5.0

In a calm way that does not show feelings

leans more toward sounding cold and insincere rather than simply detached

S

stonily

vshollowly

1 8.0

In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling

highlights insincerity and emptiness of feeling rather than only coldness

T

tepidly

vshollowly

1 7.4

In a way that shows little interest

carries stronger sense of emotional emptiness and lack of sincerity than lukewarm feeling

A

apathetically

vshollowly

1 7.3

In a way that shows no interest or energy

is more about sounding insincere and empty rather than only uninterested

S

soullessly

vshollowly

8.0

In a way that shows no feeling or human warmth, like a machine

focuses more on sounding insincere and emotionally hollow rather than merely lifeless

I

inexpressively

vshollowly

7.4

In a way that shows no feeling on the face

adds the sense of sounding or feeling insincere rather than only expressionless

E

emotionlessly

vshollowly

6.9

Without showing any feeling

adds a specific sense of lacking warmth and sincerity rather than mere absence of emotion

S

spiritlessly

vshollowly

6.7

In a way that shows no energy or interest

focuses more on an insincere, empty tone than on low energy alone

Antonyms

S

sincerely

152 1.0

In a way that shows true feelings without pretending

How Sincere

sincerely

152 1.0

insincerely

1 4.5

hollowly

1 6.6

coldly

30 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology