blindly

[blahynd-lee]

adverb

1. in a blind manner.

   We felt our way blindly through the black tunnel.

2. without understanding, reservation, or objection; unthinkingly.

   They followed their leaders blindly.

3. without continuation.

   The passage ended blindly 50 feet away.

Other Word Forms

• overblindly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of blindly¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English blindlīce; blind, -ly

Example Sentences

Most, as indexers, are just blindly buying — assuming that somebody else is minding the store.

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I feel I must either blindly accept what I am being told by my investment counselor, or set myself up in a very low-risk position.

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“Love Is Blind” follows a group of single men and women searching for love the old-fashioned way, by communicating blindly through a wall.

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They’re tired of being told to loathe someone over ideological differences or blindly worship a person or a cause because it’s supposedly in their best interests.

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In evangelical Christianity, God is viewed as the ultimate father figure who is to be obeyed totally and blindly.

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