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Webster 1913 Edition


Blindly

Blind′ly

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adv.
Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one’s own.
By his imperious mistress
blindly
led.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Blindly

BLINDLY

,
adv.
Without sight, or understanding.
1.
Without discerning the reason; implicitly; without examination; as, to be blindly led by another.
2.
Without judgment or direction.

Definition 2024


blindly

blindly

English

Adverb

blindly (comparative more blindly, superlative most blindly)

  1. In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
  2. Without consideration or question.
    • 1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen
      The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

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