disinterestedlyadv.
1. In a disinterested manner; impartially; without regard to self-interest; unselfishly.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adverb] > disinterestedly
disinterestedly1708
disinteressedly1718
1708 Ld. Shaftesbury Let. conc. Enthusiasm 65 He who is said to do good the most disinterestedly.
1807 R. Southey Let. 5 Oct. in Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 20 He knows the Arts well, and loves them disinterestedly.
1830 J. Foster Let. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 161 Devotedly and disinterestedly faithful.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) ii. iii. 64 How difficult it is to think out such a problem disinterestedly.
2. Without interest or concern; unconcernedly.
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the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb]
indifferently1574
perfunctorily1581
perfunctoriously1609
unconcernedly1636
disaffectedly1646
inconcernedly1695
gaily1810
nonchalantly1836
off-handed1840
uncovetingly1862
uncaringly1868
insouciantly1880
uninterestedly1891
disinterestedly1941
1941 Penguin New Writing 9 9 We lean over the stern, smoking, spitting, staring disinterestedly at the creaming green of the wake.
1955 A. Ross Australia 55 37 Girls, who chain-smoke or read disinterestedly.
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