Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a hollow manner; insincerely; deceitfully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Insincerely; deceitfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
hollow manner.
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Examples
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"A shovel of what?" asked Dicky's voice hollowly from the other side of the door.
New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925
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His voice boomed hollowly from the megaphone’s speaker.
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A stray wild-fowl honked somewhere to seaward, and the surf broke limply and hollowly on the sand.
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“And then they took my manhood,” Singing Tail whispered hollowly.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Kumuhana pressed his hand to his chest and coughed hollowly at intervals, bidding for encouragement; but in the end, of himself, spoke out.
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The younger generation of men announced that they had applied for front seats at the telling, while many of the older generation of men joked hollowly about the conversion of Alice.
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The sound of hierro axes could be heard chipping at the plaster, smacking hollowly at the underlying cane, vines, and posts.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The sound of hierro axes could be heard chipping at the plaster, smacking hollowly at the underlying cane, vines, and posts.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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“And then they took my manhood,” Singing Tail whispered hollowly.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Once, in the forest, an overburdened pine dropped its load of snow, and the echoes reverberated hollowly down the gorge; but neither stirred.
KEESH, SON OF KEESH 2010
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