What does "blindly" mean?
Blindly: Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own. By his imperious mistress blindly led. Dryden. BLINDMAN'S BUFF Blind"man's buff" (. Etym: [See Buff a buffet.] A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is. Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. Stillingfleet. BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY Blind`man's hol"i*day. The time between daylight and candle light. [Humorous]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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