UNSELFISHLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

unselfishly

adverb

Definition of unselfishly

as in selflessly

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Recent Examples of unselfishly And that’s just one of the many contributions Quavo has unselfishly gifted to the culture. — Mikey Fresh, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Dumfries cut inside and unselfishly rolled it across for Inter captain Lautaro Martínez to score one of the easiest goals of his career, tapping it into an empty net from three yards out. — ABC News, 13 May 2026 Help us and give us strength with the same courage and bravery my brother had, to unselfishly serve our country well. — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026 Before the game, Lakers coach JJ Redick challenged his group to play unselfishly. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025

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Not every war could boast of attacks like this, with no one needing to be urged on, everyone rushing forward, selflessly giving their all.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
In a moment of tremendous loss, ordinary people performed extraordinary acts of courage, Americans selflessly served strangers in need, and communities refused to let tragedy have the final word.

— Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of selflessly

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Rooms Like the resort as a whole, all the 124 accommodations—81 suites and 43 villas—are graciously grand, with the smallest suites stretching over nearly 1,000 square feet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
All of these girls, all of them, so beautiful, dancing to the same song every night, skin against the cold security of the pole, the stage, accepting the proffered bills graciously.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of graciously

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There were hundreds of bikers milling around cheerfully in the showery sunshine and proudly displaying their hogs.

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
The camera pans across images of Boston’s historic Fenway Park and a grim-looking Schumer, contrasting those shots with footage of Collins cheerfully hobnobbing with Maine voters.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheerfully

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