as in unselfishly
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Recent Examples of selflessly
Our partners over there are looking for everyday heroes, like teachers, first responders, heck, anyone who has selflessly served others.
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Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
This part of the story is a story in itself, but the wars and the result left two-thirds of the recruits dead and rendered Rusty’s appendages useless as he selflessly piloted night and day to fight off every rogue machine.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Some were neighbors who fostered young children in need of a home, a pharmacist who selflessly served the same community for decades or a veteran who fearlessly died for her country.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Four neighbors who acted selflessly when a plane crash-landed on a Pembroke Pines street three weeks ago are the reason the night of July 13 didn’t end in tragedy.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
This part of the story is a story in itself, but the wars and the result left two-thirds of the recruits dead and rendered Rusty’s appendages useless as he selflessly piloted night and day to fight off every rogue machine.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Some were neighbors who fostered young children in need of a home, a pharmacist who selflessly served the same community for decades or a veteran who fearlessly died for her country.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Four neighbors who acted selflessly when a plane crash-landed on a Pembroke Pines street three weeks ago are the reason the night of July 13 didn’t end in tragedy.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selflessly
Adverb
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Lazary was most impressed with how diligently and unselfishly Haight developed from a top-line scorer into a responsible, third-line, two-way center.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
Adverb
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The Blue Jackets were outpaced and outclassed, and took their lopsided loss graciously.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Schenck with Hybrid Entertainment graciously purchased my wigs, and even offered unlimited transportation to any of my appointments.—
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The hostess seemed to accept this quite cheerfully and, in fact, expect the mess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Selflessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selflessly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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