‘I don’t know,’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass.blindlyblind‧ly /ˈblaɪndli/ adverb 
Don’t just blindly accept what you are told.2not seeing or noticing what is around you, especially because you are upset: ‘I don’t know,’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass. I ran blindly upstairs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He was found wandering blindly in the woods.
- I'm not one of these people who blindly trust authority.
- A University is not some great machine which trundles on its way, going blindly about its purposes.
- He was delivering money and weapons but would not support the operation blindly.
- It wasn't in his nature to follow blindly.
- Maybe that was the basic problem, she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling.
- Often they were forced to leap blindly into ravines five or ten feet deep.
- She wondered how many other such eagles she had blindly passed.
- Throughout the passage, Ahab stands on the deck as if transfixed, staring blindly ahead into the wind and sleet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY ‘I don’t know,’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1not thinking about something or trying to understand it: ‘I don’t know,’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass. (=to obey without asking any questions)· He looked terrified, but blindly obeyed.
literary (=not noticing anything, although your eyes are open)· She sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· It wasn't in his nature to follow blindly.· But people who blindly follow their published footprints will, of necessity, get there after the gurus themselves.· Sentences and stories hint at their subjects before hunting them down, so that you keep having to trust her and follow blindly.· What the historical record shows is that people are not insects blindly following some genetic script.
· Sinking down into the seat, she stared blindly through the windscreen, her thoughts on her distant family.· Mr Rolleman was lying almost at her feet, his eyes staring blindly upward from a face of ghastly purple.· After a while she gave up, and left him sitting there, staring blindly into an unimaginable future.· Unexpected, it was like a surprise confrontation, and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name.· Throughout the passage, Ahab stands on the deck as if transfixed, staring blindly ahead into the wind and sleet.· She sensed the long look he directed at her, but continued to stare blindly ahead.· His eyes were wide open, staring blindly at the ceiling - his face was a mottled blue.
Don’t just blindly accept what you are told.2not seeing or noticing what is around you, especially because you are upset: ‘I don’t know,’ she repeated as she stared blindly down into her glass. I ran blindly upstairs.