different between myopically vs myopia

English

Etymology

myopic +? -ally

Adverb

myopically (comparative more myopically, superlative most myopically)

1. As if suffering from myopia.

   She squinted myopically at the small print.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (mu?pía, “shortsightedness”), from ??? (mú?, “to shut eyes”) +? ?? (?ps, “view”) +? -?? (-ía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ma????.p?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ma??o?.pi.?/
• Rhymes: -??pi?

Noun

myopia (countable and uncountable, plural myopias)

1. (pathology) A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.

   Synonyms: shortsightedness, nearsightedness

   Antonym: hyperopia

   Coordinate term: presbyopia
2. (figuratively) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

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See also

• astigmatism
• emmetropia

Further reading

• near-sightedness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

myopia f (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of miopia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).