blindly
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˈblaɪndli/
:
ciegamente
- If things are getting beyond your comfort zone, don't just blindly continue to your destination.
- blindly follow
- blindly accept
- blindly trust
But they said they had industry knowledge and I blindly bought into it.
- But they said they had industry knowledge and I blindly bought into it.
- We just barrel forward blindly without any reflection at all.
- Interestingly, people would just blindly go along with their dangerous behavior.
- We learn to recognize that as, oh, don't just blindly follow that instinct.
- So you don't strike me as somebody who is blindly stubborn.
- It's not just about you and it's not just about blindly following.
- And and so people might buy into the religion too blindly.
- And so I that I think that you just need to go all in blindly.
- I would caution people not to follow his rules blindly.
Examples
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In the interests of sustainable development, India cannot blindly follow the development path of the industrialized nations.
Academic text (1999) -
Thinking that scientific subjects are beyond their grasp, many blindly take the word of experts.
Academic text (2009) -
But they said they had industry knowledge and I blindly bought into it.
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Most people follow blindly rather than thinking deeply.
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The very poor, so far, have been blindly loyal to him.
Academic text (2007) -
And so yeah, in in everything in life, never follow somebody's advice blindly convince yourself that it's correct.
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Many people vote blindly without researching the candidates or their policies.
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She followed the instructions blindly, not considering the potential risks involved.
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It's unwise to invest blindly in stocks without understanding the market trends.
Synonyms
28
2.8
In a way that shows poor judgment
11
5.8
Without thinking or paying attention
7
5.6
Act quickly without thinking about the bad results
5
4.1
In a way that shows poor judgment
3
5.8
In a way that shows no careful attention
2
8.4
To do something without thinking carefully first
To follow other people without thinking even if it leads to harm
Antonyms
How Thoughtful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word blindly comes from blind ('unable to see') plus the adverb -ly, and over time it also came to mean doing something 'without thinking' or without checking the facts, so to follow someone blindly is to accept their advice without question.