selfishly

adverb

self·ish·ly ˈsel-fish-lē

: in a selfish way

acting/behaving selfishly

… he selfishly hogged attention for his injury …—

Louise Erdrich

He finds support for his intuition from game theory, which says that if everyone in a game acts selfishly, everyone suffers.—

Gina Kolata

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Over the next month, Biden stubbornly and selfishly insisted on running a doomed campaign. —

Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 Some of you just couldn't selfishly put your pride aside huh??!?!? —

James Brizuela, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 So, selfishly, visiting the attraction during the day gave me the opportunity to appreciate all the work Stross and his team put in to curating the props, costuming and sets featured in the haunt. —

Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024 Participants in experiments saw moral objectors as selfishly advocating for a personal goal at the expense of others. —

Timothy Kundro, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for selfishly