Single-mindedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a single-minded manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on your work, but you're completely ignoring the people around you."

Etymology

From single-minded + -ly.

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