ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Selfly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɛlfli/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Selfly is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to self or one's own self, personal.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to self or one's own self, personal.

More Meanings

  1. In, of, or by one's self; of one's own accord, voluntary, automatic.

Example Sentences

Thy gloomy Front, that selfly hath no light
This denotes and declares the divided tongues, where every property had brought itself forth out of the universal sensual tongue into a selfishness and a peculiar selfly understanding, so that they did not any longer understand one another […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include selflike, selfsome, self, personly, self-referential, personal.

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