selfishly

English

Etymology

From selfish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

selfishly (comparative more selfishly, superlative most selfishly)

1. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
   • 2023 April 13, Amy Nicholson, “‘Hilma’ Review: An Artist With Spirit”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     What emerges is a softly supernatural story about a futurist who behaved as selfishly as any retrograde male genius.

Antonyms

• unselfishly

Translations

in a selfish manner

• Catalan: egoistament (ca)
• Estonian: isekalt
• Galician: egoistamente
• Polish: egoistycznie (pl), samolubnie (pl)
• Portuguese: egoistamente
• Spanish: egoístamente

See also

• egoist
• selfish