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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For a large musk ox, turning around in the middle of the river would be as impossible as blindly stepping backward, as Duane had pointed out.
From Literature
But don’t blindly book a snorkel cruise from a business or reserve that boutique hotel in the middle of nowhere without checking reviews.
Freeman's centre role feels like one to preserve with for now, but not blindly.
From BBC
The boy kicked himself for following blindly into whatever this was.
From Literature
“Then they’d say we needed to have faith in them. But we couldn’t keep blindly trusting them.”
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