Dictionary

blindly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈblaɪndli/

Etymology

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

Meanings

1. In a blind manner; without sight.
   • I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.
2. Without consideration or question.
   • Human, "To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way. 2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: No Subject:
   • 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.

Forms

Coordinates

rotely · carelessly

Synonyms

unthinkingly · eyelessly · sightlessly

Translations (55)

es ciegamente (sightlessly) · gl ás apalpadas (sightlessly) · bn অন্ধভাবে (without consideration or question) · tr körü körüne (without consideration or question) · ro necugetat (without consideration or question) · gl cegamente (without consideration or question) · pt cegamente (sightlessly) · ca cegament (sightlessly) · it a casaccio (sightlessly) · ru безрассудно (without consideration or question) · nl blindelings (without consideration or question) · eo blinde (sightlessly) · it alla cieca (sightlessly) · ro orbește (without consideration or question) · ast a ciegues (without consideration or question) · it alla leggera (without consideration or question) · mi matapōkere (sightlessly) · es ciegamente (without consideration or question) · ca a cegues (without consideration or question) · ca cegament (without consideration or question) · pt cegamente (without consideration or question) · ro orbește (sightlessly) · be навобмацак (sightlessly) · ast ciegamente (sightlessly) · te గుడ్డిగా (sightlessly) · hu vakon (without consideration or question) · gl ás cegas (sightlessly) · gl ás cegas (without consideration or question) · fi sokeasti (sightlessly) · ru слепо (sightlessly) · gl ao tento (sightlessly) · ast ciegamente (without consideration or question) · nl blind (sightlessly) · ca a cegues (sightlessly) · hu vakon (sightlessly) · pl na oślep (sightlessly) · bn অন্ধভাবে (sightlessly) · fi sokeasti (without consideration or question) · nl blindelings (sightlessly) · lb blannemännches (sightlessly) · fr à l’aveuglette (sightlessly) · ast a ciegues (sightlessly) · nl blind (without consideration or question) · pl po omacku (without consideration or question) · es a tiento (sightlessly) · es a ciegas (sightlessly) · sv i blindo (sightlessly) · it a tentoni (sightlessly) · nl blindweg (without consideration or question) · es a ciegas (without consideration or question) · sv blint (sightlessly) · ru на ощупь (sightlessly) · es a tientas (sightlessly) · nl blindweg (sightlessly) · pl po omacku (sightlessly)