nearsighted
adjective
seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
nearsightedly
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a word derived from
nearsighted.
Example Sentences
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"It's nice to see them in the race," said two-time winner Rodger Ward nearsightedly.
From Time Magazine Archive
As played by Rutger Hauer, he is an engagingly unmilitary figure, peering nearsightedly through rimless glasses at a once comfortable world going mad and finding unsuspected resources of moral courage within him.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why," he asked, peering nearsightedly out of his mother's kitchen window, "can I see through a pane of glass?"
From Time Magazine Archive
During the ensuing banquet at Bagamoyo, Emin Pasha wandered out on a balcony, nearsightedly fell 18 ft. into the street, fractured his skull.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, I found an old man sitting in the chair Danny had once occupied, staring nearsightedly at the pages of a scholarly journal.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
