blindly
adv.without looking or without thinking carefully. You use this when someone acts without seeing the truth or checking the facts.
adv.without visual perception; without careful consideration or evidence.
“She walked blindly into the dark room.”
“He accepted the offer blindly without reading the contract terms.”
“Investors who follow market trends blindly often suffer heavy losses when the economic landscape shifts unexpectedly.”
“Stay focused, know exactly what you stand for." She also warns against blindly taking advice from experts - but to listen and think for yourself.”
“Research shows, too, that when AI models explain their recommendations , humans are far more likely to trust the advice blindly, ignoring whether it is actually correct.”
From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.