small-mindedly

1. 1.

   in a narrow-minded manner

   “narrow-mindedly, the authorities closed down the cafe where teenagers used to hang out”

   Synonymsnarrow-mindedly

Questions about small-mindedly

What does small-mindedly mean?

small-mindedly means "in a narrow-minded manner".

How many syllables are in small-mindedly?

small-mindedly has 4 syllables and divides as small--min-ded-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for small-mindedly?

Close synonyms include narrow-mindedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is small-mindedly a common word?

small-mindedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.