Selfishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an egotistical manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
egoisticegotisticallyegotistically

Example

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"While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent."

Etymology

From selfish + -ly.

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