0 absent-mindedly; without concentration -- åndsfraværende, uttrykksløst
He stared vacantly out of the window.
Snoopy is lying on top of his doghouse, relaxing vacantly and peacefully.
The man, wearing a hat, looks to the right, off the canvas, while the woman, dressed formally and also wearing a hat, stares vacantly downward.
She has to wear a football helmet to protect her head, her eyes point in different directions, and she gapes vacantly.
This oddly rationalised expressiveness lends an insincere character to the concluding music, which fulfils its signifying function vacantly, as if without real commitment.