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close-mindedly en · ADV

Etymology

From close-minded + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a close-minded manner; without being receptive to other points of view.
   • Scorning the Basilica of Saint Francis, with its great treasure of Giotto frescoes, Goethe rather close-mindedly went on to view the ancient temple of Minerva, reconsecrated to the Virgin Mary in the usual overlay of Christian Madonna over pagan goddess, which is in the town's upper piazza and which Goethe esteemed the only thing worth seeing in Assisi. 2002, Helen Barolini, Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays, →ISBN, page 308:

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