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narrow-mindedly adverb disapprovinguk /ˌnær.əʊˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/ us /ˌner.oʊˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/ in a narrow-minded way (= not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own): The politicians are behaving in a narrow-mindedly nationalistic manner. It's an organization that narrow-mindedly only pays attention to its membership. Many adults still narrow-mindedly think that animation is only for children. They are not open to the way that other people live, and just think narrow-mindedly. We have to stop behaving so narrow-mindedly. They are too narrow mindedly shortsighted to understand the importance of her ideas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Narrow-minded be set in your waysidiom be wearing blindersidiom be wearing blinkersidiom blinker blinkered closed-minded intolerantly myopia myopic myopically narrow-minded narrow-mindedness non-thinking prissy provinciality provincially prude prudish unreconstructed unthinking
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