unselfishly

1. 1.

   in an unselfish manner

   “he acted unselfishly when he helped her get the promotion”

   Antonymsselfishly

Questions about unselfishly

What does unselfishly mean?

unselfishly means "in an unselfish manner".

How many syllables are in unselfishly?

unselfishly has 4 syllables: un-sel-fish-ly. The stress falls on "sel".

What is the opposite of unselfishly?

The recorded antonyms are selfishly.

Is unselfishly a common word?

unselfishly 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.