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self-sacrificingly

self-sacrificingly adverb: in a self-sacrificing way.

Adverb

self-sacrificingly (comparative more self-sacrificingly, superlative most self-sacrificingly)

  1. In a self-sacrificing way.
    • Those who consecrate their lives self-sacrificingly to the service of humanity are regarded as the best of men.1894, Leo Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], “Doctrine of Non-resistance to Evil by Force Must Inevitably be Accepted by Men of the Present Day”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Kingdom of God is within...
    • Mr. Harrison was smoking on his veranda. His wife had self-sacrificingly told him that he might smoke in the house if he took care to sit by an open window.1909 September, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “A Wedding at the Stone House”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC, pages 357–358

Forms of self-sacrificingly

comparativemore self-sacrificingly
superlativemost self-sacrificingly

Origin of self-sacrificingly

From self-sacrificing + -ly.

Questions about self-sacrificingly

What does self-sacrificingly mean?
Self-sacrificingly means in a self-sacrificing way.
What part of speech is self-sacrificingly?
Self-sacrificingly is an adverb.

Words near self-sacrificingly in the dictionary

  1. self-sacrifice
  2. self-sacrificer
  3. self-sacrificers
  4. self-sacrifices
  5. self-sacrificing
  6. self-sacrificingly
  7. self-same
  8. self-sames
  9. self-satisfaction
  10. self-satisfied
  11. self-satisfying

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