blindly

English

Etymology

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind +‎ -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblaɪndli/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪndli

Adverb

blindly (comparative more blindly, superlative most blindly)

In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.
Without consideration or question.
- 1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen
  The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
- 2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 1261299044, PC, scene: No Subject:
  Human,
  "To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way.

Translations

sightlessly

Asturian: a ciegues, ciegamente
Bengali: অন্ধভাবে (bn) (ôndhbhabe)
Catalan: cegament (ca), a cegues
Finnish: sokeasti (fi)
French: à l’aveuglette (fr)
Galician: ás cegas, ás apalpadas, ao tento
Hungarian: vakon
Italian: alla cieca, a tentoni, a casaccio
Luxembourgish: blannemännches
Maori: matapōkere
Polish: na oślep, po omacku (pl)
Portuguese: cegamente
Romanian: orbește (ro)
Russian: слепо (ru) (slepo)
Spanish: ciegamente (es), a ciegas, a tientas, a tiento
Swedish: blint (sv), i blindo (sv)
Telugu: గుడ్డిగా (te) (guḍḍigā)

without consideration or question

Asturian: a ciegues, ciegamente
Bengali: অন্ধভাবে (bn) (ôndhbhabe)
Catalan: cegament (ca), a cegues
Finnish: sokeasti (fi)
Galician: cegamente, ás cegas
Hungarian: vakon
Italian: alla leggera
Polish: po omacku (pl)
Portuguese: cegamente
Romanian: orbește (ro), necugetat (ro)
Russian: безрассудно (ru) (bezrassudno)
Spanish: ciegamente (es), a ciegas
Turkish: körü körüne (tr)

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} сляпо (bg) (sljapo), ^{(please verify)} слепешката (bg) (slepeškata)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} blindelings (nl)