disinterestedly

English

Etymology

From disinterested +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪdli/

Adverb

disinterestedly (comparative more disinterestedly, superlative most disinterestedly)

In a disinterested manner; impartially, dispassionately.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 929:
  Maybe, however, she thinks him simply disinterestedly interested in human virtue but unable to regard it, as so many do, as a guarantee against The Thing – cruel fate which is indifferent to theological distinctions.

Translations

in a disinterested manner

Catalan: desinteressadament (ca)
Greek: ανυστερόβουλα (el) (anysteróvoula)
Portuguese: desinteressadamente
Spanish: desinteresadamente

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