SELFLESSLY

altruistically, selflessly

(adverb) in an altruistic manner; “he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

selflessly (comparative more selflessly, superlative most selflessly)

In a selfless manner; done in a way that disregards concerns for the self and places other first.

Source: Wiktionary


SELFLESS

Self"less, a.

Definition: Having no regard to self; unselfish. Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount As high as woman in her selfless mood. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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