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 Translation for 'selfishly' from English to Slovak
SYNO egotistically | selfishly
sebecky {adv}selfishly
egoisticky {adv}selfishly
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Translation for 'selfishly' from English to Slovak

selfishly
sebecky {adv}

egoisticky {adv}
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Usage Examples English
  • In 2007, while in prison, Miller was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses. She also claimed that she wanted to give back to the people she had selfishly taken from.
  • Magda Szabó's 1964 novel, "A Danaida" (The Danaid), is about a woman who lives selfishly for two-thirds of her life without realizing that even she can change the course of history.
  • Some culture heroes are tricksters, acting selfishly and ultimately benefiting mankind only unintentionally.
  • A 1968 article by Dietrich Braess pointed out the existence of the counterintuitive occurrence on networks: Braess's paradox states that adding extra capacity to a network, when the moving entities selfishly choose their route, can in some cases, reduce overall performance.
  • Returning from the hospital, Sirius encounters Colten, who interrogates The Afterman as to why he couldn't selfishly let Meri go and remain in the Keywork.

  • In December 1917, Charley's unit is located in the sector opposite the regiment of the young Hitler who appears here as a short-tempered, idealistic, selfishly brave and somewhat pompous soldier who is tolerated, rather than liked, by his comrades.
  • The report, finalised in April 1999, found that BSkyB acted selfishly and blocked the broadcaster's bid.
  • (2002) Evolutionary dynamics of a selfishly spreading gene that stimulates sexual reproduction in a partially sexual population.
  • A player may normally choose to act selfishly to increase their own reward rather than play the socially optimum strategy.
  • Sam is a failed writer who selfishly uses the three main characters to have a chance at writing a popular and successful novel.

  • He has been characterized as selfishly protecting his prosperity, and is reputed to have been chief of the so-called Cabal of Naples, his abettors being a Greek painter, Belisario Corenzio and the Neapolitan Giambattista Caracciolo.
  • It demonstrates that while cooperation would give the best outcome, people might nevertheless act selfishly.
  • Willa selfishly compels the frog to jump off the seesaw, but she finally learns to share it with the frog.
  • Pankti's mother selfishly tries to separate Vedika and Sahil for Pankti, but Pankti disapproves of her means.
  • Critic Thomas Bender describes the whole novel as devoted "to the subject of the evils of selfishly attempting to achieve higher place".

  • Nevertheless, rational nodes in real-world scenarios have strategic interactions and may act selfishly for various reasons (such as resource limitations, the lack of interest in data, or social preferences).
  • While mingling with immoral lawyers at the office party, Britta and Pierce are tempted to behave selfishly.
  • Some research suggests there is a genetic basis for greed. It is possible people who have a shorter version of the ruthlessness gene (AVPR1a) may behave more selfishly.
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