single-mindedly

adverb

In a single-minded manner.

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Meanings

adverbsingle-mindedly (comparative more single-mindedly, superlative most single-mindedly)

comparative more single-mindedly · superlative most single-mindedly

  1. In a single-minded manner.

    It was obvious that the story was a lot more complicated than that, and that to attribute oppression so single-mindedly to a particular style of sexuality was not only diversionary but potentially very divisive for the movement as a whole.

    1986 December 7, Margaret Hunt, “Discord in the Happy Valley: Report of a Conference on Feminism, Sexuality and Power”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 8

Origin

From single-minded + -ly.

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APA

single-mindedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-mindedly

MLA

“single-mindedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-mindedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single-mindedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-mindedly.

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