vacantly

English

Etymology

vacant +‎ -ly

Adverb

vacantly (comparative more vacantly, superlative most vacantly)

  1. In a vacant manner; inanely or foolishly.
    • 1988, Anthony Grey, Peking: A Novel of China's Revolution, 1921-1978‎, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 580:
      Mao gave no indication that he had heard or understood Jakob; his clouded eyes were fixed vacantly on one of the long windows of the old Ming dwelling beyond which the waters of Chung Nan Hai — the Central and South lakes — sparkled in the afternoon sunshine.
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