blindly

1. 1.

   without seeing or looking

   “he felt around his desk blindly”
2. 2.

   without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis

   “they bought the car blindly”

   “he picked a wife blindly”

Questions about blindly

What does blindly mean?

blindly means "without seeing or looking". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blindly?

blindly has 2 syllables: blind-ly. The stress falls on "blind". In IPA it is /ˈblaɪndli/.

Is blindly a common word?

blindly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.