What is another word for unselfishly?

Pronunciation: [ʌnsˈɛlfɪʃli] (IPA)

Unselfishly means to act or think without regard for oneself and focus on the well-being of others. There are a number of synonyms for this word, which can be useful in expanding one's writing skills. Generously, charitably, selflessly, disinterestedly, ungrudgingly, nobly, altruistically, humbly and benevolently are some of the synonyms for unselfishly. Each of these words is useful in different contexts, but they all share the common trait of putting others before oneself. These synonyms can be practiced in daily life by thinking about others' needs and putting them before us in order to establish a better and more compassionate world.

What are the hypernyms for Unselfishly?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for unselfishly?

The antonyms for the word "unselfishly" include selfishly, greedily, egoistically, and thoughtlessly. These words depict the opposite meaning of putting others before oneself. When being selfish, a person tends to focus only on their own benefit or welfare, without considering the needs or feelings of others. Greediness implies an excessive desire for material possessions or resources, often at the expense of others. Egoism reflects a self-centered attitude or belief that one's interests are more important than others. Thoughtlessness refers to a lack of consideration or mindfulness towards others, which shows a disregard for their feelings or needs. These antonyms of unselfishly reveal the negative consequences of prioritizing one's own interests above all else.

What are the antonyms for Unselfishly?

Usage examples for Unselfishly

That we should not leave the world as we found it; that our work is not done well if we spend our lives in digging among the richest treasures of the past and revealing them unselfishly to our fellow-men, but that each should make some existing thing or condition better, or reveal some new thought or principle, or plan, or process, so that humanity may climb more easily and more certainly from the mists and shadows to the higher glory of the clearer light.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
I am unselfishly glad that Lord Russell is out of the turmoil and worry of a new Administration, but I miss him from it sorely.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Few men have lived their lives so unselfishly, and with so much preoccupation for the good that they might accomplish, as he did.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh

Famous quotes with Unselfishly

  • You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
    Barbara Bush
  • To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.
    Jose Marti
  • Please forgive me for my thoughts or deeds that hurt unintentionally to others ever; but if that being said or done deliberately and unselfishly, then definitely they deserve more disrespect than that only. And let's be not hypocrite for the righteous acts.
    Anuj Somany
  • No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and a little space of calm from which to look back upon it, who did not know and acknowledge that it was what he had done unselfishly and for others, and nothing else, that satisfied him in the retrospect, and made him feel that he had played the man.
    Woodrow Wilson
  • While reading the each morning, my father spares a minute for the cartoon by R. K. Laxman. While my mother is, like a magician, making untidy sheets disappear in the bedroom and producing fresh towels in the bathroom, or braving bad weather in the kitchen, my father, in the extraordinary Chinese calm of the drawing-room, is dmiring the cartoon by R. K. Laxman, and, if my mother happens to be there, unselfishly sharing it with her. She, as expected, misunderstands it completely, laughing not at the joke but at the expressions on the faces of the caricatures, and at the hilarious fact that they talk to each other like human beings.
    Amit Chaudhuri

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