Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unselfishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
un-selfish-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unselfish manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English selfish Middle English -ly English -ly English unselfishly From un- + selfish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unselfishly (comparative) most unselfishly (superlative)

Antonyms

Questions

What does unselfishly mean?
In an unselfish manner.
Where does unselfishly come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English selfish Middle English -ly English -ly English unselfishly From un- + selfish + -ly.

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