Lexic.us

Definition of Blindly

1. Adverb. Without seeing or looking. "He felt around his desk blindly"

2. Adverb. Without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis. "He picked a wife blindly"

Definition of Blindly

1. adv. Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.

Definition of Blindly

1. Adverb. In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly. ¹

2. Adverb. Without consideration or question. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blindly

1. in a blind manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blindly

blindfold blindfolded blindfoldedness blindfolding blindfoldings blindfolds blindgut blindguts blinding blinding disease

blinding glare blindingly blindingness blindings blindless blindly (current term) blindman's bluff blindman's buff blindman's holiday blindness

blindnesses blinds blindside blindsided blindsides blindsiding blindsight blindspot blindspots blindstories

Literary usage of Blindly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... FASTIDIOUS. gropingly, a. blindly. grossness, n. crassness; spec, size, ... gropingly: blindly, fiats: bulk. grotesque: funny grotto: сам. grounded: ..."

2. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"Here, as elsewhere, the ultimate regeneration is but the doing consciously and voluntarily what was hitherto done blindly. Traceable in the higher animals ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1888)
"2 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. tions are rarely toward self-improvement or useful 1 He blindly considers it his interest to induce his custome: allow him to ..."

4. The Bookman (1907)
"And then he followed one man in particular through the events of the day, and pictured him groping his way blindly out from the gallery, a broken, ..."

5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1911)
"We almost blindly accept the varieties that we have, and until recently have not greatly BLACK RASPBERRY, ORIGINATED BY MR. PATTEN It has the hardiness of ..."

6. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1882)
"... to Death — A Stirring Incident — Captain Henry's Experience — In the Teeth of a Furious " Norther " —Wandering blindly through the Snow — Horses Frantic ..."

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