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Definition of Selfishly
1. Adverb. In an egotistical manner. "He behaved egotistically"
Definition of Selfishly
1. adv. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
Definition of Selfishly
1. Adverb. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Selfishly
1. [adv]
Medical Definition of Selfishly
1. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfishly
Literary usage of Selfishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... who never selfishly took a sarcasm to himself, when, as he thought, so many
of his fellow-creatures equally well deserved it. " And so to the bribery. ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1871)
"God has not given them to us to be wrapped up selfishly in our napkins, or used
merely for our own comfort at home. AVe are bound to diffuse whatever ..."
3. Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at by William Ellery Channing (1839)
"Wo to him, who impatiently, selfishly, spurns the restraints of God, and who
winks out of sight the crime of sending forth the sword to destroy, because, ..."
4. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1884)
"... the man who could create his finest poems must find a great deal more in human
life than we ordinary mortals ever can ; but were I to speak selfishly, ..."
5. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"... acts as that which the noble and unfortunate earl had just committed, as
wantonly, selfishly, and needlessly, it seems to me, as ever did man on earth. ..."
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