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hol·low

(hŏl′ō)

adj. hol·low·er, hol·low·est

1. Having a cavity, gap, or space within: a hollow wall.

2. Deeply indented or concave; sunken: "His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

3. Without substance or character: a hollow person. See Synonyms at vain.

4. Devoid of truth or validity; specious: "Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).

5. Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound: hollow footsteps.

1. A cavity, gap, or space: a hollow behind a wall.

2. An indented or concave surface or area.

3. A void; an emptiness: a hollow in one's life.

4. A small valley between hills or mountains.

v. hol·lowed, hol·low·ing, hol·lows

v.tr.

1. To make hollow: hollow out a pumpkin.

2. To scoop or form by making concave: hollow out a nest in the sand.

v.intr.

To become hollow or empty.

[Middle English holwe, holowe, from holgh, hole, burrow (influenced by hole, hollow), from Old English holh; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]

hol′low·ly adv.

hol′low·ness n.

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Translations

hollowly

[ˈhɒləʊlɪ] ADV she laughed hollowly → soltó una risa que sonaba a falsa

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hollowly

adv → hohl; laugh also → gequält; say also → mit hohler Stimme; sound, echo → hohl, dumpf

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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This done, pole, iron, and rope --like the Three Fates --remained inseparable, and Ahab moodily stalked away with the weapon; the sound of his ivory leg, and the sound of the hickory pole, both hollowly ringing along every plank.

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The sea was roaring hollowly in the distance, the fields were bare and sere, scarfed with golden rod, the brook valley below Green Gables overflowed with asters of ethereal purple, and the Lake of Shining Waters was blue -- blue -- blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all moods and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a tranquility unbroken by fickle dreams.

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Macfarlane made some ill-favoured jest about the farmer's wife, but it came hollowly from his lips, and was allowed to drop in silence.

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The old house, with its great stone staircase, echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand-boys from ten to six.

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The liner cheers hollowly above us, and we see the passengers' faces at the saloon colloid.

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