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English
Etymology
From self-sacrificing + -ly.
Adverb
self-sacrificingly (comparative more self-sacrificingly, superlative most self-sacrificingly)
- In a self-sacrificing way.
1894, Leo Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], “Doctrine of Non-resistance to Evil by Force Must Inevitably be Accepted by Men of the Present Day”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Kingdom of God is within You: or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-conception. , London: Walter Scott, , →OCLC, page 199:Those who consecrate their lives self-sacrificingly to the service of humanity are regarded as the best of men.
1936, Aldous Huxley, “B. R. Haydon”, in The Olive Tree and Other Essays, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1947:At this period, too, he liked to insist more strongly than ever on the altruistic, the self-sacrificingly patriotic character of his whole career.