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Meaning of close-mindedly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

In a close-minded manner; without being receptive to other points of view.

Examples

“Scorning the Basilica of Saint Francis, with its great treasure of Giotto frescoes, Goethe rather close-mindedly went on to view⟳ the ancient temple of Minerva, reconsecrated to the Virgin Mary in the usual overlay of Christian Madonna over pagan goddess, which is in the town's upper piazza and which Goethe esteemed the only thing worth seeing in Assisi.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh closed-mindedly closedmindedly closehanded closelier closeliest

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