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single-mindedly

single-mindedly adverb: in a single-minded manner.

Adverb

single-mindedly (comparative more single-mindedly, superlative most single-mindedly)

  1. In a single-minded manner.
    • It was obvious that the story was a lot more complicated than that, and that to attribute oppression so single-mindedly to a particular style of sexuality was not only diversionary but potentially very divisive for the movement as a whole.1986 December 7, Margaret Hunt, “Discord in the Happy Valley: Report of a Conference on Feminism, Sexuality and Power”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 8

Forms of single-mindedly

comparativemore single-mindedly
superlativemost single-mindedly

Origin of single-mindedly

From single-minded + -ly.

Questions about single-mindedly

What does single-mindedly mean?
Single-mindedly means in a single-minded manner.
What part of speech is single-mindedly?
Single-mindedly is an adverb.

Words near single-mindedly in the dictionary

  1. single-manning
  2. single-masted
  3. single-minded
  4. single-minded branding moment
  5. single-minded branding moments
  6. single-mindedly
  7. single-mindedness
  8. single-molecule magnet
  9. single-molecule magnets
  10. single-O
  11. single-organismic

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