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selfishly

adv

Etymology

From selfish + -ly.

  1. inherited from *selbʰ-✻ — “one's own”
  2. inherited from *selbaz✻
  3. inherited from self
  4. inherited from salve
  5. suffixed as selfish — “self + -ish”
  6. formed as selfishly — “selfish + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a selfish manner

    In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

    • What emerges is a softly supernatural story about a futurist who behaved as selfishly as any retrograde male genius.

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