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nearsightedly

nearsightedly

7.7
In a way that shows you cannot see things far away clearly
  • adverb
  • /ˈnɪrˌsaɪtɪdli/
  • US
translation icon : miopemente
  • Nate peered nearsightedly at the distant sign, struggling to make out the words.
  • peering nearsightedly

Examples

  • His glasses had steamed up, and as he polished them with his handkerchief, he looked around nearsightedly.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She held the wastebasket up, peering nearsightedly into it, then carried it to the fireplace and dumped the flies.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Nate took off his glasses to polish them, peering at Dave nearsightedly.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "I try to slip past the doorway, but he's sitting up, peering nearsightedly at me.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • She examined the small print on the contract nearsightedly, missing several important details.

  • Looking nearsightedly into the garden, he couldn't distinguish the flowers from a distance.

Synonyms

myopically
vsnearsightedly
8.0

Showing poor sight for distant things or little thought for the future

is the same idea but stated without explicitly listing literal and figurative uses

How Farsighted

prudently
8 5.0
cautiously
70 2.3
nearsightedly
  • US
7.7
recklessly
30 4.6

Surface Forms

nearsightedly positive

Morphology

nearsightedly = nearsighted (transparent) = near + sight + ed + ly

The adverb is created by the regular addition of '-ly' to the adjective 'nearsighted'.

Etymology

Nearsightedly comes from the idea of seeing only what is near: near ('close') plus sight ('to see') and the adverb ending -ly. That is why nearsightedly can describe someone who cannot see far with their eyes, and by extension someone who does not think about the future.