ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Vacuously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Vacuously is an adverb meaning In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.

Meaning

In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.

More Meanings

  1. (logic) Because of being a vacuous truth.

Example Sentences

The statement is vacuously true because P is false and P implies Q.
He scowled vacuously, keeping at bay a horrible enlightenment on the mechanism of effort, which must drive into being a resistance equal to itself.
Here, in distress that was consternation, and in fear that was panic, excitedly bobbed up and down a cowboy in bearskin chaps, vacuously repeating the exclamation, "Oh God! Oh God!" […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include feelinglessly, featurelessly, spacelessly, plotlessly, purposelessly, pointlessly.

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