He acted unselfishly when he helped her get the promotion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They kind of seem to play very unselfishly, which is very fun to watch. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
"They liked the fact I was kind of unselfishly going in there and playing.". From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
We are not acting entirely unselfishly, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
Nevertheless, Depew unselfishly submitted the two proposals to his. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
I have worked unselfishly, giving up my fortune and my tranquillity. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Bolivar, the Liberator] Reference
"You have seen how he urges me to perfect peace, and so unselfishly.". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory] Reference
They are bought with the money you unselfishly spent to give a boy back his dog. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
He died as unselfishly as he had lived, and who can measure the good he did in the world?. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison] Reference
It is this matter of unwillingness to unselfishly serve others which slows down commerce to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Life of the Christian] Reference
Davenport himself was wounded, but unselfishly refused treatment until his men had been fetched in. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference
The maintenance of international peace is a matter in which we are deeply and unselfishly concerned. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Countless plays have been made upon the man who unselfishly assumes responsibility for another's guilt. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Each state, territory and American possession is unselfishly interested in the success of this Exposition. From Wordnik.com. [New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission] Reference
There are those who believe that by not attending to or neglecting their health they are acting unselfishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886] Reference
Pat Tillman unselfishly set out to defend this country with what some would call old-school American values. From Wordnik.com. [Cilla McCain: Pat Tillman's Family Is Not Alone] Reference
All honour, all gratitude to the good men and women who had spent themselves so unselfishly for the common good. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
There is a huge piece taken out of Ma's life and Hilda's life, because they were so unselfishly devoted to Hugh. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
God-fearing, thoroughly patriotic, unselfishly charitable, untiringly zealous, and whole of soul devoted to duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Greater Love] Reference
So I thank you most heartily for remembering me this Christmas with my own gift, which I parted with so unselfishly. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
It must continue to be used unselfishly in the struggle for world peace and the betterment of mankind the world over. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
He was working unselfishly for others, as you will see when you read his will, for his twenty-nine nephews and nieces. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California] Reference
Underworld to remember her husband, and unselfishly she urges him to continue to be happy after the manner of his nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
At the time of the tragedy during combat operations, he was unselfishly protecting the lives of other American military members. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2006] Reference
They should be patient with one another's faults, just to one another's virtues, and should unselfishly seek one another's happiness. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
It was only that respect and interest that comes to the heart of man when he meets a woman, lovely, fresh-hearted, and unselfishly sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
He had loved Blanche as unselfishly as only a woman or a boy can love, and now he began to suffer from it in a manner he had not at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Yet Tompkins 'patriotism scarcely rose to that sublime height which suffers its possessor unselfishly to advance a rival even for the public welfare. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
It is seen, then, that the use of the mind to influence others is distinctly harmful if it is used selfishly, and of no real use if used unselfishly. From Wordnik.com. [Within You is the Power] Reference
A man who is fine and noble may not love at all, but he cannot love coarsely and selfishly; and a coarse and brutal man can never love nobly and unselfishly. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
What is the most important thing that you think going forward to give them the support that they need after so unselfishly dedicating their lives to this country?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2004] Reference
They encouraged him to accompany them in their walks when he could, which was a joy to him, for he was content to live upon the fringe of their romance unselfishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Bakahenzie would, so he stated, go himself to see the new white man, thus unselfishly taking upon his person the whole risk of the lasting magic of a stranger unpurified. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
These two women were in their way as unselfishly devoted to the cause of freedom as was the poet himself, for they encouraged his loyalty and bore privation uncomplainingly. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
What our father did was simply money thrown away, whereas the excessive amounts given away by our mother were always unselfishly given and carried with them a quiet blessing. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
All students are keen and anxious to live as full a life as possible, every one will willingly and unselfishly take time and trouble to help others who know less than themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze] Reference
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