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" Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life."
Max Beckmann

Meaning of "blindly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BLINDLY

ˈblaɪndlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLINDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blindly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BLINDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of poor visual perception. Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness. Total blindness is the complete lack of form and visual light perception and is clinically recorded as NLP, an abbreviation for "no light perception." Blindness is frequently used to describe severe visual impairment with some remaining vision. Those described as having only light perception have no more sight than the ability to tell light from dark and the general direction of a light source. The World Health Organization defines low vision as visual acuity of less than 20/60, but equal to or better than 20/200, or visual field loss to less than 20 degrees, in the better eye with best possible correction. Blindness is defined as visual acuity of less than 20/400, or a visual field loss to less than 10 degrees, in the better eye with best possible correction. As of 2012 there were 285 million visually impaired people in the world, of which 246 million had low vision and 39 million were blind. The majority of people with poor vision are in the developing world and are over the age of 50 years.

Definition of blindly in the English dictionary

The first definition of blindly in the dictionary is without being able to see. Other definition of blindly is without evidence or reason. Blindly is also without information or preparation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLINDLY

Brindley · determinedly · ecofriendly · environment-friendly · fondly · friendly · gay-friendly · grandly · ingrainedly · kindly · profoundly · purblindly · roundly · secondly · self-containedly · soundly · spindly · strainedly · unfriendly · unkindly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLINDLY

blind trust · blind-side · blind-stitch · blindage · blinder · blinders · blindfish · blindfold · blindfolded · Blindheim · blinding · blindingly · blindless · blindness · blindside · blindsight · blindstorey · blindstories · blindstory · blindworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLINDLY

environmentally friendly · husbandly · jocundly · moribundly · overfondly · ozone-friendly · repandly · rotundly · secundly · unsoundly · user-friendly

Synonyms and antonyms of blindly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLINDLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blindly» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «blindly» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BLINDLY

Find out the translation of blindly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of blindly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blindly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

盲目地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

a ciegas
570 millions of speakers
en

English

blindly
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आँख बंद करके
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمياء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

слепо
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cegamente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধভাবে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

aveuglément
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Secara membuta tuli
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

blindlings
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

よく考えずに
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

맹목적으로
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kanthi wuta
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một cách mù quáng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கண்மூடித்தனமாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अंधपणाने
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

körü körüne
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ciecamente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ślepo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

сліпо
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

orbește
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυφλά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blindelings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blint
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blindt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blindly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLINDLY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of blindly
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «blindly».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blindly

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10 QUOTES WITH «BLINDLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blindly.
1
Mahesh Babu
I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director.
2
George Bancroft
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred.
3
Max Beckmann
I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.
4
Max Beckmann
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.
5
Janos Bolyai
One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
6
Brenda Brathwaite
I think games are a good medium for approaching any subject, particularly difficult ones, because by their very nature, they are abstract, invite interaction and allow us to confront and question things... particularly rules that we may blindly follow.
7
Anne Bronte
It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!
8
Do Won Chang
I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them.
9
John Cusack
But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.
10
Richard Dawkins
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLINDLY»

Discover the use of blindly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blindly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blindly
" Claudio Magris, one of Europe's leading authors and cultural philosophers, offers as narrator of "Blindly" a madman. Yes, but a "pazzo lucido, " a lucid madman, a single narrative voice populated by various characters.
Claudio Magris, 2012
2
Through a Glass, Blindly: An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur
Originally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society, this essay is about voyeurism.
Chuck Klosterman, 2010
3
Eating the Dinosaur
through. a. Glass,. blindly. 1. Standing at the window, I am inside my home. But windows are made of glass, so I see through other windows and I see into other homes. I see other people. They are baking bread and watching Deadwood and  ...
Chuck Klosterman, 2009
4
REA's Testbuster for the LSAT: With CD-ROM for Both Windows ...
By applying this idea of blindly guessing with the law of averages, you can expect to get 1 in 5 answers correct (by "blindly guessing" we mean you don't even look at the questions and answer choices, but guess the same letter choice over ...
Staff of Research Education Association, 1999
5
The Lawyers Reports Annotated
An instruction that the jury are not required to receive blindly the testimony of the accused as true, but are to consider whether it is true and made in good faith or only for the purpose of avoiding conviction, has been upheld. Blair v. State, 09 ...
6
Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies II: Second ...
In [5], an agent that only drops its goals if believed to have achieved them, is called a blindly committed agent. An agent that also drops its goals if believed to be unachievable, is called a single minded agent. A blindly committed agent should ...
João Leite (et al.), 2005
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Meaning and Normativity
'blindly' seems the wrong term for this. If I'm confident in what I'm doing, then it would be ridiculous for me to call it a leap in the dark. Perhaps this is because there's not the contrast to be drawn with carrying non-blindly that there is between ...
Allan Gibbard, 2012
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REA's Testbuster for the ACT
That's right, the law of averages says you'll earn one point if you blindly guess on four ACT questions. (By blindly guessing we mean you don't even look at the questions and pick the same answer choice every time you guess!) And since you ...
Mark Shapiro, Sandra Marona, 1999
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Littell's Living Age
Through orange groves and orchard ways we went The coollfrcsh dew lay deep on grass and tree, Above our heads the laden boughs were bent \Vith weight of ripening fruit; the faint sweet scent 0_f fragrant myrtlcs drifted up to me : Blindly, ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1880
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The Living Age ...
Through orange groves and orchard ways we went, The cool fresh dew lay deep on grass and tree, Above our heads the laden boughs were bent \Vith weight of ripening fruit; the faint sweet scent Of fragrant myrtles drifted up to me : Blindly, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLINDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blindly is used in the context of the following news items.
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The euro will be stuck with austerity unless it learns to embrace …
Austerity is not some policy mistake the eurozone's leaders have absent-mindedly made – like a weekend motorist blindly following the satnav ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Goodbye Job, Hello World: A Q&A with Trekker Photographer Omar …
... and soak it in before I pull out my camera—helps me to gauge what I find attractive and picture-worthy, instead of simply blindly shooting. «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
3 Financial Realities New Grads Have to Face
Way too many college students are blindly taking on student loans assuming that a high-paying job is waiting for them upon graduation - and it ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
'Chasing Life' Season 2 Preview: 7 Relationships to Watch
Having two characters who kind of stumble into it blindly but having to really deal with the work that goes into it and seeing the good and bad of ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
5
Anti-Gay Protests Marked By 'Obama No Gay' Chants
The United State is not God and we will not follow them blindly," another protestor said. He said the practice is not natural and is "treatable. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Why Doesn't Everyone Believe In God?: The Skeptical Brain May …
Also, he saw many friends and family blindly support the war in Iraq after 9/11 and began to think they were influenced by propaganda instead ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
7
3 Marketing Tips for Startups from Performance Marketing Insights
Based on these learnings, you should be able to build smarter strategies instead of guessing blindly. Understand your metrics – simply put, ... «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
8
Defence comes first with remade Raptors
Teams don't yet know what the salary cap and luxury tax levels are for next season so they are operating blindly, but the Raptors won't have ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
9
Teen gets 25 years for fatal shooting
Cameron said he fired blindly in self-defense, accidentally hitting Hunt. The Panama City News Herald (http://goo.gl/GnKkTI ) reports that ... «Ocala, Jul 15»
10
Get rewarded for even routine banking activities
However, before you blindly fall for the offers don't miss out on the terms and conditions that the bank has attached to the offer. Some of the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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