selfish

[ sel-fish ]

/ ˈsɛl fɪʃ /

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adjective

devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.

characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself: selfish motives.

Origin of selfish

First recorded in 1630–40; self + -ish¹

SYNONYMS FOR selfish

1 self-interested, self-seeking, egoistic; illiberal, parsimonious, stingy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM selfish

self·ish·ly, adverb self·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby selfish

self-wrong, selfdom, selfheal, selfhood, selfie, selfish, selfless, selfness, selfridge, selfsame, selfward

Example sentences from the Web for selfishly

As it turns out, they do so selfishly, obnoxiously, and despicably.

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Nevertheless Apple is dumping Google, selfishly putting its feud with Google ahead of the needs of its customers.

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However, I, in an un–Eagle Scout–like desire, selfishly want something.

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But be advised that the power to realize your wishes is lost if they are too selfishly motivated.

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Now, Tiger is selfishly willing to embarrass his dead father to rescue his reputation.

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You must not be ill, my child—it disturbs my Marcus Aurelian tranquillity, and is most selfishly inconsiderate of you.

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His lady-friends would hand it to no one but him, and he guarded it selfishly.

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Help me to be unselfish, child, for I fear that I have selfishly tried to thrust out of your memory any thought of him.

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She has selfishly caused me a world of suffering and misery for three long months.

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And I selfishly decided that the Judge might have this privilege entirely to himself.

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British Dictionary definitions for selfishly

selfish

/ (ˈsɛlfɪʃ) /

adjective

chiefly concerned with one's own interest, advantage, etc, esp to the total exclusion of the interests of others

relating to or characterized by self-interest

Derived forms of selfish

selfishly, adverb selfishness, noun

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selfish

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