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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈblaɪndli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-blindly.wav Forms: more blindly [comparative], most blindly [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪndli 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blindly}} Middle English blindly, {{inh|en|ang|blindlīċe|t=in a blind manner; blindly; rashly}} Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), {{suffix|en|blind|ly}} blind + -ly, {{cog|sv|blindligt|t=blindly}} Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), {{cog|is|blindlega|t=blindly}} Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”), {{cog|fy|blindich|t=blindly}} West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), {{noncog|nl|blindelings|t=blindly}} Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), {{noncog|de|blindlings|t=blindly}} German blindlings (“blindly”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} blindly (comparative more blindly, superlative most blindly)
  1. In a blind manner; without sight. Synonyms: eyelessly, sightlessly Translations (sightlessly): a ciegues (Asturian), ciegamente (Asturian), навобмацак (navóbmacak) (Belarusian), অন্ধভাবে (ondhobhabe) (Bengali), cegament (Catalan), a cegues (Catalan), blind (Dutch), blindweg (Dutch), blindelings (Dutch), sokeasti (Finnish), à l’aveuglette (French), ás cegas (Galician), ás apalpadas (Galician), ao tento (Galician), vakon (Hungarian), alla cieca (Italian), a tentoni (Italian), a casaccio (Italian), blannemännches (Luxembourgish), matapōkere (Maori), na oślep (Polish), po omacku (Polish), cegamente (Portuguese), orbește (Romanian), слепо (slepo) (Russian), на ощупь (na oščupʹ) (Russian), ciegamente (Spanish), a ciegas (Spanish), a tientas (Spanish), a tiento (Spanish), blint (Swedish), i blindo (Swedish), గుడ్డిగా (guḍḍigā) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-blindly-en-adv-6cCjicDX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'sightlessly': 74 26
  2. Without consideration or question. Synonyms: unthinkingly Translations (without consideration or question): a ciegues (Asturian), ciegamente (Asturian), অন্ধভাবে (ondhobhabe) (Bengali), cegament (Catalan), a cegues (Catalan), blind (Dutch), blindweg (Dutch), blindelings (Dutch), sokeasti (Finnish), cegamente (Galician), ás cegas (Galician), vakon (Hungarian), alla leggera (Italian), po omacku (Polish), cegamente (Portuguese), orbește (Romanian), necugetat (Romanian), безрассудно (bezrassudno) (Russian), ciegamente (Spanish), a ciegas (Spanish), körü körüne (Turkish)
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a ciegues"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "ciegamente"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "navóbmacak",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "навобмацак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ondhobhabe",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "অন্ধভাবে"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "cegament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a cegues"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "blind"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "blindweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "blindelings"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "sokeasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "à l’aveuglette"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "ás cegas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "ás apalpadas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "ao tento"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "vakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "alla cieca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a tentoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a casaccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "blannemännches"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "matapōkere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "na oślep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "po omacku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "cegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "orbește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slepo",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "слепо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na oščupʹ",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "на ощупь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "ciegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a ciegas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a tientas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "a tiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "blint"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "i blindo"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "guḍḍigā",
      "sense": "sightlessly",
      "word": "గుడ్డిగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "a ciegues"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "ciegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ondhobhabe",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "অন্ধভাবে"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "cegament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "a cegues"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "blind"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "blindweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "blindelings"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "sokeasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "cegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "ás cegas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "vakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "alla leggera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "po omacku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "cegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "orbește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "necugetat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezrassudno",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "безрассудно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "ciegamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "a ciegas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without consideration or question",
      "word": "körü körüne"
    }
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}

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