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self-servingly
adverb
disapprovinguk /ˌselfˈsɜː.vɪŋ.li/ us /ˌselfˈsɝː.vɪŋ.li/
in a way that is for your own advantage:
Their intention is to self-servingly mislead people.
Humans have self-servingly exploited the Earth to the point of ecological disaster.
He self-servingly attributed the decrease in illness to the vaccination programme he introduced.
The students tended to self-servingly attribute all their success to their own abilities.
Our values are not grounded in justice, but are often self-servingly chosen.
They self-servingly deny that their aggressive behaviour has any negative impact on others.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Selfishness
egocentric
egocentrically
egocentricity
egoism
egoistic
egotistically
hoggish
hoggishly
inconsiderate
inconsiderately
self
self-absorbed
self-absorption
self-centred
self-centredly
self-seeking
self-serving
selfish
selfishly
selfishness
Synonym
selfishly Related wordself-serving
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