Short-sightedly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    in a short-sighted manner.

    "'She peered short-sightedly at Poirot through her glasses, but was quite calm.'"

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"'She peered short-sightedly at Poirot through her glasses, but was quite calm.'"

Etymology

From short-sighted + -ly.

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