disinterestedly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From disinterested +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪdli/

Adverb[edit]

disinterestedly (comparative more disinterestedly, superlative most disinterestedly)

  1. In a disinterested manner; impartially, dispassionately.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 929:
      Maybe, however, she thinks him simply disinterestedly interested in human virtue but unable to regard it, as so many do, as a guarantee against The Thing – cruel fate which is indifferent to theological distinctions.

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