Definition of Altruistically

1. Adverb. In an altruistic manner. "He acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress"

Exact synonyms: Selflessly
Partainyms: Altruistic, Selfless

Definition of Altruistically

1. Adverb. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Altruistically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Altruistically

altrices
altricial
altring
altropyranose
altropyranoside
altropyranosides
altrose
altroses
altruism
altruisms
altruist
altruistic
altruistic filicides
altruistically
altruists
alts
altumomab
alu-equivalent family
alu elements
alu family
alu sequence
aludel
aludels
alula
alulae
alular
alulas
alum

Literary usage of Altruistically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Selections from Manuscripts by James Hinton (1874)
"Here one sees the 'judge' altruistically: from this one point of the respective ... This is exactly woman judging altruistically and finding it quite easy, ..."

2. The Purse and the Conscience: An Attempt to Show the Connection Between by Herbert Metford Thompson (1891)
"If we invest money, although we are not immediately spending it on ourselves, neither are we spending it altruistically. At a future time we shall again ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"Altruistically disregarding the threatened injury to their business, the doctors came in. At the health department the women received their welcome as ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"The breadwinner, too, on whom both depend—is it not undeniable that wife and child can be altruistically treated by their protector, only on condition that ..."

5. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"Two of these require special mention, John R. Kissinger, a private in the Hospital Corps of the Armv, was the first to offer himself most altruistically, ..."

6. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"Unless the human factor in these processes can be standardized to react altruistically, authority must be delegated to some person or body of persons to ..."

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