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va·cant

 (vā′kənt)
adj.
1.
a. Containing nothing; empty: vacant space.
b. Not occupied or put to use: a vacant row of seats.
c. Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled: a vacant position.
d. Not filled with any activity: vacant hours. See Synonyms at empty.
2. Law Lacking an identified heir: a vacant estate.
3.
a. Lacking intelligence or knowledge: a vacant mind.
b. Lacking expression; blank: a vacant stare.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vacāns, vacant-, present participle of vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]
va′cant·ly adv.
va′cant·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.vacantly - in a vacant mannervacantly - in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"
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Translations
بِدون تَرْكيز
roztržitě
fraværende
kifejezéstelenül
tómlega, annars hugar
dalgın dalgınifadesizce

vacantly

[ˈveɪkəntlɪ] ADV
1. [look] → con gesto ausente, distraídamente
2. (= stupidly) → sin comprender, boquiabierto
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

vacantly

[ˈveɪkəntli] adv [stare, look] → l'air absent
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vacantly

adv (= stupidly) → blöde; (= dreamily) → abwesend; he gazed vacantly at me → er sah mich mit leerem Blick an
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vacantly

[ˈveɪk/əntlɪ] adv → con sguardo assente
to gaze vacantly into space → guardare nel vuoto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vacant

(ˈveikənt) adjective
1. empty or unoccupied. a vacant chair; Are there any rooms vacant in this hotel?
2. showing no thought, intelligence or interest. a vacant stare.
ˈvacancy – plural ˈvacancies – noun
1. an unoccupied post. We have a vacancy for a typist.
2. the condition of being vacant; emptiness. The vacancy of his expression made me doubt if he was listening.
ˈvacantly adverb
absent-mindedly; without concentration. He stared vacantly out of the window.
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Ariel sat watching him with vacantly staring eyes and vacantly open mouth.
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And he opened his eyes again and stared vacantly into the darkness around him.
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"Don't you remember the man who had some talk with you to-day?" She still stared at him vacantly: he tried again.
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Leaning on the parapet of the balcony, Agnes looked vacantly into the black void beneath.
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"Call me sister!" The child stared, vacantly. Sister meant nothing to her mind but an older girl who was strong enough to beat her.
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As the Jew uttered these words, his bright dark eyes, which had been staring vacantly before him, fell on Oliver's face; the boy's eyes were fixed on his in mute curiousity; and although the recognition was only for an instant--for the briefest space of time that can possibly be conceived--it was enough to show the old man that he had been observed.
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He looked at her in doubt and dread, vacantly repeating: 'Curse the hour?
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