Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selfishly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: self-ish-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English selfish Middle English -ly English -ly English selfishly From selfish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more selfishly (comparative) most selfishly (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

egoist selfish

Synonyms

egotistically

Antonyms

unselfishly

Questions

What does selfishly mean?: In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
Where does selfishly come from?: Etymology tree English selfish Middle English -ly English -ly English selfishly From selfish + -ly.

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