Meanings
comparative more blindly · superlative most blindly
- In a blind manner; without sight.
I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.
Synonyms: eyelessly, sightlessly
- 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.
1 more example
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.
2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: No SubjectSynonyms: unthinkingly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a blind manner; without sight.
adverbWithout consideration or question.
Origin
- Old Englishblindlīċe“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”
- Middle Englishblindly
- Englishblindly
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali অন্ধভাবে, অন্ধভাবে
- অন্ধভাবে (ondhobhabe)sightlessly
- অন্ধভাবে (ondhobhabe)without consideration or question
Catalan cegament, a cegues
- cegamentsightlessly
- a ceguessightlessly
- cegamentwithout consideration or question
- a cegueswithout consideration or question
Dutch blind, blindweg
- blindsightlessly
- blindwegsightlessly
- blindelingssightlessly
- blindwithout consideration or question
- blindwegwithout consideration or question
- blindelingswithout consideration or question
Esperanto blinde
- blindesightlessly
Finnish sokeasti, sokeasti
- sokeastisightlessly
- sokeastiwithout consideration or question
French à l’aveuglette
- à l’aveuglettesightlessly
Hungarian vakon, vakon
- vakonsightlessly
- vakonwithout consideration or question
Italian alla cieca, a tentoni
- alla ciecasightlessly
- a tentonisightlessly
- a casacciosightlessly
- alla leggerawithout consideration or question
Māori matapōkere
- matapōkeresightlessly
Polish na oślep, po omacku
- na oślepsightlessly
- po omackusightlessly
- po omackuwithout consideration or question
Portuguese cegamente, cegamente
- cegamentesightlessly
- cegamentewithout consideration or question
Romanian orbește, orbește
- orbeștesightlessly
- orbeștewithout consideration or question
- necugetatwithout consideration or question
Russian слепо, на ощупь
- слепо (slepo)sightlessly
- на ощупь (na oščupʹ)sightlessly
- безрассудно (bezrassudno)without consideration or question
Spanish ciegamente, a ciegas
- ciegamentesightlessly
- a ciegassightlessly
- a tientassightlessly
- a tientosightlessly
- ciegamentewithout consideration or question
- a ciegaswithout consideration or question
Swedish blint, i blindo
- blintsightlessly
- i blindosightlessly
Turkish körü körüne
- körü körünewithout consideration or question
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blindly
All rhymes →Cite this entry
blindly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindly
“blindly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blindly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindly.
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