blindly
Variant of blind
adjective
- without the power of sight; unable to see; sightless
- of or for sightless persons
- not able or willing to notice, understand, or judge
- done without adequate directions or knowledge: a blind search
- having certain information concealed or withheld intentionally: a blind ad, a blind test
- disregarding evidence, sound logic, etc.: blind love, blind faith
- reckless; unreasonable
- out of sight; hard to see; hidden: a blind driveway
- dense; impenetrable: a blind hedge
- closed at one end: a blind duct
- not controlled by intelligence: blind destiny
- insensible
- Slang drunk
- illegible; indistinct: a blind letter
- not bearing flowers or fruit: said of an imperfectly developed plant
- guided only by flight instruments, as in a storm: a blind landing
- Archit. having no opening: a blind wall
- Bookbinding designating stamping or tooling done without ink or foil
transitive verb
- to make sightless
- to make temporarily unable to see; dazzle
- to deprive of the power of insight or judgment
- to make dim; obscure
- to outshine or eclipse
- to hide or conceal
noun
- anything that obscures or prevents sight
- anything that keeps out light, as a window shade or shutter
- Venetian blind
- ☆ a place of concealment, as for a hunter; ambush
- a person or thing used to deceive or mislead; decoy
- a person who, while appearing to act out of self-interest, really acts on behalf of another
adverb
- blindly; specif., so as to be blind, insensible, etc.
- recklessly
- guided only by flight instruments: to fly blind
- sight unseen: to buy a thing blind
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