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blindly

blindly

13 3.0
Without using sight, for example in the dark
  • adverb
  • /ˈblaɪndli/
translation icon : a ciegas
  • He stumbled blindly through the darkened hallway, trying to find the light switch.

IRC and Black and Tan accounts of the ambushes are often filled with anecdotes of firing blindly at spurts of flame or flashes.

Examples

  • We're not just gonna go blindly into the dark.

    Undocumented (2010)

  • Hamid broke from his paralysis and left the room, the house, striding blindly out into the luminous midsummer night.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I move my hands blindly on the floor until I find it.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As he picked himself up, he saw her coming blindly toward him.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • To set off blindly across this savage land.

    Lost in Space (1998)

  • I ran blindly out into the mist.

    The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

  • Her hand fumbles blindly across the broken glass, reaching for the handle of the baseball bat.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Near tears, Electra moves blindly for the bathroom, Pearl at her heel.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Sarah stumbled blindly along the dusty road beside her father, her hand burning in his.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • For a week, they hunted spoor, Martin following blindly the path hacked through the undergrowth by his guide.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

sightlessly
vsblindly
1 7.4

In a way that shows someone or something cannot see

is used when not looking by choice rather than being unable to see

Surface Forms

blindly positive

Morphology

blindly = blind (transparent) = blind + ly

Forming an adverb from the adjective 'blind' using the productive suffix '-ly' yields the literal meaning 'in a way that involves no sight', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Blindly comes from blind ('unable to see') plus the adverb -ly, so it means doing something without using your eyes, like stumbling in the dark.