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selfishly

[ UK /sˈɛlfɪʃli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an egotistical manner
    he behaved egotistically

How To Use selfishly In A Sentence

  • When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly.
  • Even if we look at the situation selfishly, we will see that Britain's sterling balance situation is a big factor in hindering a return to convertibility of dollars and sterling, which is affecting us very directly. Business Action
  • Cabinet Ministers are selfishly pursuing their own vested interests.
  • Selfishly speaking, I am almost tempted to let this state of affairs pass unremarked.
  • In some situations it makes good sense, at least in the short term, to use violence and to behave selfishly, fearfully or vaingloriously.
  • It is with the same level of fervency that I'm told in the media that the postmodernist EU is all sweetness and light while the US acts ‘selfishly’ or as a ‘bully boy’.
  • I hoped I hadn't kept her from something by selfishly making her talk with me tonight instead of on Friday.
  • Selfishly, he abandoned the car in the middle of the road, holding up all the traffic behind him.
  • They'll stop dead on the street to wrestle with their opening mechanisms, standing exactly where you're trying to stand, selfishly blocking your way and wielding their brolly like an offensive weapon.
  • Two, that conservatives 'facility in articulation arises from their individual propensity to actually study-out the issues – they are individualists who selfishly relish responsibiltiy for their own thoughts and actions – and therefore can actually speak to the issues. Liberal bloggers admit conservatives have upper hand on Twitter
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