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short-sightedly

short-sightedly adverb: in a short-sighted manner.

Adverb

short-sightedly (comparative more short-sightedly, superlative most short-sightedly)

  1. In a short-sighted manner.
    • 'She peered short-sightedly at Poirot through her glasses, but was quite calm.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 107
    • My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places...2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68

Forms of short-sightedly

comparativemore short-sightedly
superlativemost short-sightedly

Origin of short-sightedly

From short-sighted + -ly.

Questions about short-sightedly

What does short-sightedly mean?
Short-sightedly means in a short-sighted manner.
What part of speech is short-sightedly?
Short-sightedly is an adverb.

Words near short-sightedly in the dictionary

  1. short-ship
  2. short-short stories
  3. short-short story
  4. short-shorts
  5. short-sighted
  6. short-sightedly
  7. short-sightedness
  8. short-sleeper
  9. short-sleepers
  10. short-sleeved
  11. short-sold

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