narrow-mindedlyadv.
/ˌnarəʊˈmʌɪndᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌnɛroʊˈmaɪndᵻdli/ In a narrow-minded way.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adverb]
illiberally?1611
narrowly1708
narrow-mindedly1827
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1859) 276 Historians are apt to write..presumptuously and narrowmindedly.
1884 Q. Rev. Apr. 328 The Chinaman shows himself less narrow-mindedly conservative.
1922 A. Tilley Mod. France 66 The war against Holland was not merely, as Mignet narrow-mindedly argues, an episode in the designs of Louis XIV upon the Spanish possessions in the Low Countries.
1990 Sports Illustr. 2 Apr. 6/1 It is..a shame that an important decision like choosing a college can be made so narrow-mindedly.
2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 11 Oct. b5 I thought the public prosecutor would have an open mind, but he acted very narrow-mindedly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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