short-sightedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a short-sighted manner.
Example Sentences
- "'She peered short-sightedly at Poirot through her glasses, but was quite calm.'"
- "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 such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside."
Etymology
From short-sighted + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more short-sightedly (comparative)
most short-sightedly (superlative)