altruistically

1. 1.

   in an altruistic manner

   “he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress”

   Synonymsselflessly

Questions about altruistically

What does altruistically mean?

altruistically means "in an altruistic manner".

How many syllables are in altruistically?

altruistically has 6 syllables and divides as al-tru-i-sti-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for altruistically?

Close synonyms include selflessly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is altruistically a common word?

altruistically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.