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Blindly vs Blindness - What's the difference?

blindly | blindness |

As an adverb blindly

is in a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.

As a noun blindness is

the condition of being blind; unable to see.

blindly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
  • Without consideration or question.
  • * 1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen
    • The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

    blindness

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia blindness) (en-noun)
  • The condition of being blind; unable to see.
  • (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
  • (obsolete) concealment

    • Synonyms

    * ablepsy (rare) * cecity * sightlessness

    Derived terms

    * colour blindness, color blindness * snow blindness * stereoblindness

    See also

    * anosmia * deafness

    References

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