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# blindly

adverb (blindly); from the adjective blind

«blindly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Blindly means without looking, or without being able to see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#m1)
2. Blindly means without thinking first, or without asking questions, like blindly following someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in chance problems: picking blindly from a bag means picking without looking; in everyday life and safety: do not blindly trust a stranger or a website, check first; in stories someone feels blindly along a dark wall

### Examples

- She takes a ball blindly from the bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x1)
- He picks a sock blindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x2)
- How many must he take blindly to be sure of a pair? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x3)
- Do not answer blindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x4)
- In the dark cave, Tom felt blindly for the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x5)
- Don't blindly believe everything you read online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x6)
- The puppy followed its mother blindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x7)
- He ran blindly into the fog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x8)
- He picked himself up and ran, and was knocked down, and ran again blindly, butting into trees and stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/#x9)

### Note

Picking without looking: think of the worst case. Trap: to be sure of two of one colour, take one more than the number of colours. Adverb of «blind» (+ -ly). «Blindly» about trust means without checking.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blindly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blindly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blindly.html) on Mova free.