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disˈinterestedly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a disinterested manner; impartially; without regard to self-interest; unselfishly.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 42 He, who is ever said to do good the most disinterestedly. 1807Southey Lett. (1856) II. 20 He knows the Arts well, and loves them disinterestedly. 1830Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 161 Devotedly and disinterestedly faithful. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life ii. iii. 64 How difficult it is to think out such a problem disinterestedly.
2. Without interest or concern; unconcernedly.
1941Penguin New Writing IX. 9 We lean over the stern, smoking, spitting, staring disinterestedly at the creaming green of the wake. 1955A. Ross Australia 55 37 Girls, who chain-smoke or read disinterestedly. |