selfishly
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3.4
- adverb
- /ˈsɛlfɪʃli/
- By speaking selfishly about her own achievements, she alienated her friends who worked hard too.
- act selfishly
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Watch on YouTubeThat being said, selfishly I hope he is.
- That being said, selfishly I hope he is.
- So that's why we would sort of selfishly really want to preserve them.
- She's not going to simply act selfishly throughout the relationship.
- A human animal does whatever selfishly suits them in the moment.
- But like I said, selfishly, I'm sad.
- I promise you they are selfishly driven as well.
- I think selfishly because I'm winning in business.
- This past year of reviewing laptops it was selfishly all about me.
- I mean, if, if you're motivated involved, you can, you can use it selfishly, unfortunately.
- And I also don't have pain about things that happened to me because selfishly, you know, it's made me a better actor.
- Do something to serve humanity instead of selfishly self destructing.
- However selfishly, I really want to talk to you about transitions.
- Is one thing could be living selfishly or one thing living self sacrificially?
- And selfishly, my mission is that I wanted to get off the road.
Examples
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Although I think at times they'd be happier apart, I selfishly want them together.
Blog text (19) -
I did it selfishly to satisfy my own attraction to inner peace.
Academic text (1990) -
That being said, selfishly I hope he is.
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I promise you they are selfishly driven as well.
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But selfishly, I convinced her to stay.
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You put everyone in danger when you act selfishly.
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Sometimes, it is necessary to take care of oneself selfishly, he said.
Fiction book (2000) -
I have to say, selfishly, it's been so nice since you're back from Hollywood and we're all together again.
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Look, selfishly, I wanna spend as much time with you guys as I can... before I have to go to Ashley's album release in Miami.
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Selfishly, I'm just asking for my friends -- only child gone, work at a standstill.
Synonyms
6
2.7
Wanting a lot in a very selfish way, often food or money
1
6.5
Without thinking about other people's feelings
1
8.5
In a way that shows too much pride and a need for attention
1
7.7
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than other people
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8.1
In a selfish way that shows care only for your own needs
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8.2
Thinking only about yourself and not about others
Antonyms
How Selfish
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Morphology
Etymology
The word selfishly comes from self 'one's own' plus the endings -ish and -ly, where -ish means 'like' and -ly turns the word into a way to describe how someone acts. So, to act selfishly is to act 'only for yourself' without thinking of others.