Altruistically
unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to ).
Animal Behavior. of or relating to behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, often its close relatives.
Historical Examples
Selfishly, altruistically, the story was the thing for him to do.
To Him That Hath Leroy Scott
But the girl he saw from the car window—did she also appeal to him altruistically?
The Little Brown Jug at Kildare Meredith Nicholson
The three women fell to wrangling, altruistically, of course, over the two front seats.
What Will People Say? Rupert Hughes
The lieutenant, being young himself, was not so cautiously and altruistically apprehensive.
The Storm Centre Charles Egbert Craddock
adj.
1853, from French altruiste (adj.), from altruisme (see altruism) + -ic.
Read Also:
- Altruistic
unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to ). Animal Behavior. of or relating to behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, often its close relatives. Contemporary Examples The next most popular idea was to give old fur coats to the […]
- Altus
a city in SW Oklahoma. Historical Examples The following is the first stanza of the Altus which shows the metre. Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum John Healy He wrote an Altus, and is said to have copied 300 books with his own hand. Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Dugald Butler and Herbert Story Altus: above: applied to […]
- Aludel
one of a series of pearshaped vessels of earthenware or glass, open at both ends and fitted one above the other, for recovering the sublimates produced during sublimation. Historical Examples The first cost is stated to be more than ten times greater than that of an aludel furnace, while the capacity is only 50 per […]
- Alula
Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. the group of three to six small, rather stiff feathers growing on the first digit, pollex, or thumb of a bird’s wing. a membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect. Historical Examples Calypter: Diptera; the alula or squama when it covers the haltere. Explanation […]
- Alum
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes. one of a class of double sulfates analogous to the , as aluminum ammonium […]