selflessly

1. 1.

   in an altruistic manner

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

   Synonymsaltruistically

Questions about selflessly

What does selflessly mean?

selflessly means "in an altruistic manner".

How many syllables are in selflessly?

selflessly has 3 syllables and divides as sel-fles-sly 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 selflessly?

Close synonyms include altruistically. 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 selflessly a common word?

selflessly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.