blindlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈblʌɪndli/, U.S.

/ˈblaɪn(d)li/

Etymology: < blind adj. + -ly suffix².

1. In a blind way; after the manner of the blind; figurative without foresight or reason, deludedly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adverb]

blindlyc893

blindlinga1225

purblindly?1575

glimmeringly1665

short-sightedly1853

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly

darklya1398

sightlessly1847

blindly1855

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §6 Hu blindlice monege þeoda sprecað ymb þone cristendom.

c1380 J. Wyclif Antecrist 152 If þe puple..folowe hem blyndly.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. viii. 24 The brother blindlie shed the brothers bloud.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 28 How Seas, and Earth, and Air, and active Flame..Were blindly gather'd in this goodly Ball.

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 399 Whigs struggling blindly forward, Tories holding blindly back.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha Introd. 8 Groping blindly in the darkness.

†2. Dimly, indistinctly. Obsolete. Cf. blind adj. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly

thicklyc1400

indistinctly1580

obscurelyc1586

veiledly1646

dimly1667

blindly1686

shadowyc1804

mistily1813

hazily1818

filmily1853

shadowly1866

blurrily1868

vaguely1871

smudgedly1889

faintly1892

1686 London Gaz. No. 2168/4 A Dun Gelding..R.B. blindly upon the same Leg.

3. Without an opening. Cf. blind adj. 11.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adverb] > without an opening

blindly1872

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 202 The scala media..at its opposite end terminates blindly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	blindly
释义	blindlyadv. Brit. /ˈblʌɪndli/, U.S. /ˈblaɪn(d)li/ Etymology: < blind adj. + -ly suffix². 1. In a blind way; after the manner of the blind; figurative without foresight or reason, deludedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adverb] blindlyc893 blindlinga1225 purblindly?1575 glimmeringly1665 short-sightedly1853 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly darklya1398 sightlessly1847 blindly1855 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §6 Hu blindlice monege þeoda sprecað ymb þone cristendom. c1380 J. Wyclif Antecrist 152 If þe puple..folowe hem blyndly. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. viii. 24 The brother blindlie shed the brothers bloud. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 28 How Seas, and Earth, and Air, and active Flame..Were blindly gather'd in this goodly Ball. 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 399 Whigs struggling blindly forward, Tories holding blindly back. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha Introd. 8 Groping blindly in the darkness. †2. Dimly, indistinctly. Obsolete. Cf. blind adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly thicklyc1400 indistinctly1580 obscurelyc1586 veiledly1646 dimly1667 blindly1686 shadowyc1804 mistily1813 hazily1818 filmily1853 shadowly1866 blurrily1868 vaguely1871 smudgedly1889 faintly1892 1686 London Gaz. No. 2168/4 A Dun Gelding..R.B. blindly upon the same Leg. 3. Without an opening. Cf. blind adj. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adverb] > without an opening blindly1872 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 202 The scala media..at its opposite end terminates blindly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.c893
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