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single-minded, a.
[f. single a. 19.]
1. Sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous; single-hearted.
1577Harrison England ii. i. (1877) i. 34 Or else the single minded bishops shall see the living bestowed upon such as doo deserve it. 1668H. More Div. Dial. i. iv. (1713) 10 Such a single-minded Soul as Philopolis will..prove a glorious Citizen of Heaven. 1815Jane Austen Emma xxxviii, An unpretending, single-minded, artless girl. 1859Mill Liberty ii. 50 Single-minded in his devotion. 1869Lecky Europ. Morals I. 42 The single-minded religious enthusiast, incapable of dissimulation or procrastination.
2. Proceeding from or characterized by sincerity or honesty of mind.
1836H. Rogers J. Howe iii. (1863) 67 The letters..serve to show, with what single-minded purpose, these great men laboured. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. i. 50 The single-minded fidelity that had been nourished within them.
3. Having but one aim or purpose.
1860All Year Round No. 44. 413 He was a more single-minded and one-idea'd man than even his patron and master.
Hence single-ˈmindedly adv., sincerely, frankly; with singleness of aim or purpose; single-ˈmindedness.
1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love 39 We might..stand *single myndedly obedient vnto his documentable Sentences. 1876Meredith Beauch. Career III. viii. 136 Single-mindedly selfish men may be seen through and through. 1876F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow x, Such force of character as consists in pursuing one's own way single-mindedly.
1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. ii. ii, If *single-mindedness, straightforward policy, and a resolution to do good, are characteristic of simplicity. 1865Sat. Rev. 4 Feb. 148/2 The seriousness and singlemindedness which made him an influence on all who came in contact with him. |