Explore Vacantly through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vacantly meaning
In a vacant manner; inanely or foolishly.
Using Vacantly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a vacant manner; inanely or foolishly.
Context around Vacantly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vacantly
- In this selection, "vacantly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, look, stared and stare stand out and add context to how "vacantly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include counter or vacantly stare into and joe stared vacantly into space. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vacantly" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vacantly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Others get creative at the make-up counter, or vacantly stare into space at the throng of shoppers around them. (20 words)
She delivered a little speech on one of her pet topics while Joe stared vacantly into space and cabinet members had to politely clap. (24 words)
When she was called on to read from a textbook or when the students were told to count out loud during P.E., she would look vacantly up at the teachers and, without exception, be sent to the back of the classroom or have her cheek slapped. (47 words)
When she was called on to read from a textbook or when the students were told to count out loud during P.E., she would look vacantly up at the teachers and, without exception, be sent to the back of the classroom or have her cheek slapped. (47 words)
She delivered a little speech on one of her pet topics while Joe stared vacantly into space and cabinet members had to politely clap. (24 words)
Others get creative at the make-up counter, or vacantly stare into space at the throng of shoppers around them. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
When she was called on to read from a textbook or when the students were told to count out loud during P.E., she would look vacantly up at the teachers and, without exception, be sent to the back of the classroom or have her cheek slapped.
She delivered a little speech on one of her pet topics while Joe stared vacantly into space and cabinet members had to politely clap.
Others get creative at the make-up counter, or vacantly stare into space at the throng of shoppers around them.