empty-handedly From <span class="searchmatch">emptyhanded</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span>) In an <span class="searchmatch">emptyhanded</span> state or manner....
See also: <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span> From empty-handed + -ly. empty-handedly (comparative more empty-handedly, superlative most empty-handedly) Alternative form of...
See also: empty-handedness empty-handedness From <span class="searchmatch">emptyhanded</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedness</span> (uncountable) The state of having nothing in one's hands. 1962...
Literally, “[with] the hands empty”. IPA(key): /le mɛ̃ vid/ les mains vides (figuratively) <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span> venir les mains vides ― to come <span class="searchmatch">emptyhanded</span>...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedness</span> From empty-handed + -ness. empty-handedness (uncountable) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedness</span>. 2014, John Cheever, Falconer...
for he has come on an ambassage and he has come <span class="searchmatch">emptyhanded</span> (not armed). <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedly</span> <span class="searchmatch">emptyhandedness</span> empty as a pauper's purse emptyheaded, empty-headed...