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词汇 hollowly
释义 hollowly
adverb
uk /ˈhɒl.əʊ.li/ us /ˈhɑː.loʊ.li/

hollowlyadverb (NOT SINCERE)


in a way that does not sound true or sincere虚伪地,空洞地
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Affected & insincere
affectation
affected
affectedly
archly
artificial
feyness
forced
forcedly
fustian
glib
phony-baloney
piously
ponce
ponce about/around
posey
studiedly
sugary
super-smooth
superslick
talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom

hollowlyadverb (SOUND)


making a sound as if hitting an empty container: (声音)空洞地,低沉地
Her footsteps echoed hollowly in the quiet streets.她那低沉的脚步声回荡在寂静的街道上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing qualities of sound
audibly
boomy
chocolatey
chuff
clomp
crackling
ear-splitting
mellifluously
melodically
melodiously
metallically
murmurous
silvery
squeaky
staccato
textured
thready
tinnily
tunefully
tunefulness

Examples of hollowly


hollowly
Natural selection was truly and hollowly blind.
They must be ringing rather hollowly in the ears of the mounting unemployed.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They echo exceptionally hollowly at 2 o'clock in the morning, though they would at any time.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Shattered windows gazed hollowly out at once beautiful grounds which had overgrown.
From
Wikipedia

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