blindly
part of speech
adverb (blindly); from the adjective blind
meaning for a pupil
1) Blindly means without looking, or without being able to see. tree →
2) Blindly means without thinking first, or without asking questions, like blindly following someone. tree →
sense 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 →
- He picks a sock blindly. tree →
- How many must he take blindly to be sure of a pair? tree →
- Do not answer blindly. tree →
- In the dark cave, Tom felt blindly for the wall. tree →
- Don't blindly believe everything you read online. tree →
- The puppy followed its mother blindly. tree →
- He ran blindly into the fog. tree →
- He picked himself up and ran, and was knocked down, and ran again blindly, butting into trees and stones. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
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