Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a blind manner; as a blind person; without sight.
  • Without reasoning; without discernment; without requiring reasons; without examination; recklessly: as, to be led blindly by another.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
  • adverb Without consideration or question.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis
  • adverb without seeing or looking

Etymologies

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blind +‎ -ly

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