blindly
Americanadverb
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in a blind manner.
We felt our way blindly through the black tunnel.
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without understanding, reservation, or objection; unthinkingly.
They followed their leaders blindly.
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without continuation.
The passage ended blindly 50 feet away.
Other Word Forms
- overblindly adverb
Etymology
Origin of blindly
before 900; Middle English; Old English blindlīce; blind, -ly
Example Sentences
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“Then they’d say we needed to have faith in them. But we couldn’t keep blindly trusting them.”
Because she was not an animal, and she would not blindly chase her hungers....
From Literature
Yet everyone loves a bargain, and no investor should blindly pay high prices.
From Barron's
“If you blindly spend and say yes to everything, credit-card spending can quickly get out of hand,” said Sabol, a senior lead planner at Facet Wealth.
From MarketWatch
“A lot of people are walking in blindly. Our education system is not set up to make us financially savvy,” he said.
From MarketWatch
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