Origin of empty

before 900; Middle English (with intrusive -p-); Old English ǣmettig vacant ( ǣmett(a) leisure ( ǣ- a-3 + Germanic *mōtithō accommodation; cf. must1, meet1) + -ig -y1)

SYNONYMS FOR empty

1 vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents. Empty means without appropriate or accustomed contents: an empty refrigerator. Vacant is usually applied to that which is temporarily unoccupied: a vacant chair; three vacant apartments. Blank applies to surfaces free from any marks or lacking appropriate markings, openings, etc.: blank paper; a blank wall. Void emphasizes completely unfilled space with vague, unspecified, or no boundaries: void and without form.
6 delusive, vain.
12 unload, unburden.

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British Dictionary definitions for emptily

empty
/ (ˈɛmptɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

verb -ties, -tying or -tied

noun plural -ties

an empty container, esp a bottle

Derived forms of empty

emptiable, adjective emptier, noun emptily, adverb emptiness, noun

Word Origin for empty

Old English ǣmtig, from æmetta free time, from æ- without + -metta, from mōtan to be obliged to; see must 1

Idioms and Phrases with emptily

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