Definition of selfishly in English:
selfishly
adverb ˈsɛlfɪʃliˈsɛlfɪʃli
With a lack of consideration for other people due to concern with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
they continue to act selfishly at the expense of others
political activity is by no means invariably selfishly motivated
Example sentencesExamples
- Such exhortations are the railings of hypocrites who selfishly skewer non-believers with the power they all-the-time possess.
- Selfishly, he abandoned the car in the middle of the road, holding up all the traffic behind him.
- Selfishly speaking, I am almost tempted to let this state of affairs pass unremarked.
- He is right to point out that our response to national disasters is often selfishly inappropriate.
- For a moment he selfishly planned not to warn her.
- Please don't sacrifice our children's access for tomorrow by selfishly breaking the law today.
- Unions that back them are selfishly using the political process to enrich themselves at others' expense.
- I hoped I hadn't kept her from something by selfishly making her talk with me tonight instead of on Friday.
- Some insects selfishly lay their own eggs in empty cells rather than taking care of the queen's eggs.
- During the communal drug culture of the 1960s, 'to bogart' meant to selfishly smoke a joint without sharing.
Definition of selfishly in US English:
selfishly
adverbˈsɛlfɪʃliˈselfiSHlē
With a lack of consideration for other people due to concern with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
they continue to act selfishly at the expense of others
political activity is by no means invariably selfishly motivated
Example sentencesExamples
- Such exhortations are the railings of hypocrites who selfishly skewer non-believers with the power they all-the-time possess.
- Selfishly, he abandoned the car in the middle of the road, holding up all the traffic behind him.
- I hoped I hadn't kept her from something by selfishly making her talk with me tonight instead of on Friday.
- He is right to point out that our response to national disasters is often selfishly inappropriate.
- Some insects selfishly lay their own eggs in empty cells rather than taking care of the queen's eggs.
- Please don't sacrifice our children's access for tomorrow by selfishly breaking the law today.
- For a moment he selfishly planned not to warn her.
- Unions that back them are selfishly using the political process to enrich themselves at others' expense.
- Selfishly speaking, I am almost tempted to let this state of affairs pass unremarked.
- During the communal drug culture of the 1960s, 'to bogart' meant to selfishly smoke a joint without sharing.