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selflessly

/ˈsɛɫfɫəsli/ adv

In a selfless manner; done in a way that disregards concerns for the self and places other first.

Word Origin Selfless literally means 'devoid of self' — from self and the suffix -less (from Proto-Germanic -lausaz 'free from'). Selflessly is the adverb: acting without self-interest. The same -less suffix appears in countless words like fearless, endless, and hopeless. The self root also gives us selfish, myself, yourself, and so on.

adv In a selfless manner; done in a way that disregards concerns for the self and places other first.

She worked selflessly through the night to help victims of the natural disaster.

(副词) 无私地

她彻夜无私地工作，帮助自然灾害的受害者。

(adverbio) desinteresadamente; altruistamente; con abnegación; generosamente [De manera desinteresada; hecho de una forma que pasa por alto las preocupaciones propias y antepone a los demás.]

Trabajó desinteresadamente durante la noche para ayudar a las víctimas del desastre natural.

(adverbe) altruistement; désintéressément; avec abnégation [De manière désintéressée, en faisant passer les besoins des autres avant les siens propres.]

Elle a travaillé selflessly toute la nuit pour venir en aide aux victimes de la catastrophe naturelle.

(Adverb) selbstlos; uneigennützig [Auf eine selbstlose Weise; ohne Rücksicht auf eigene Bedürfnisse und zugunsten anderer.]

Sie arbeitete **selflessly** die ganze Nacht, um den Opfern der Naturkatastrophe zu helfen.

(副詞) 自分の利益を顧みず、他者を優先するやり方で。私心を捨てて。

彼女は自然災害の被災者を助けるため、一晩中 selflessly 働き続けた。

(advérbio) abnegadamente; altruisticamente; generosamente [De maneira abnegada; feito de modo que desconsidera as preocupações consigo mesmo e coloca os outros em primeiro lugar.]

Ela trabalhou abnegadamente a noite inteira para ajudar as vítimas do desastre natural.

Synonyms: altruistically unselfishly generously magnanimously benevolently charitably considerately sacrificially Antonyms: selfishly egoistically self-centeredly greedily
Word parts: self + less + ly

Related words

selfish selfhood unselfish

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