disinterestedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English disinterested

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English disinterestedly

From disinterested + -ly.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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.

Translations

in a disinterested manner

• Catalan: desinteressadament (ca)
• Greek: ανυστερόβουλα (el) (anysteróvoula)
• Polish: bezinteresownie (pl), bezstronnie (pl)
• Portuguese: desinteressadamente
• Spanish: desinteresadamente (es)