adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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But during the day pity for Joe invades me once more. How selfish I am.
so
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Don't be so selfish , Andrew.
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How can you be so selfish ?
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How could she be so selfish ?
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She couldn't bear him to think she was so selfish that she didn't care what harm she caused.
very
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In fact, she was a very selfish , disagreeable, bad-tempered little girl.
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I think you are being very selfish .
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Men as a rule are very selfish and still believe that women are born to serve them.
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She seems very selfish to us and not a good example of a true friend.
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At some stage a bereaved person usually begins to feel that he or she must be very selfish indeed.
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I realise now it was very selfish of me.
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The situation would, to an outsider, have seemed very selfish .
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This is very selfish of me.
■ NOUN
gene
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The long reach of the gene An uneasy tension disturbs the heart of the selfish gene theory.
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They were times of fresh resolve, novel encroachments of the selfish gene .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Amy, don't be selfish . Let the others have a turn.
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Carter has never been a selfish player.
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He's completely selfish .
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It's not that I'm selfish . I just don't loan out my tools anymore.
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She agreed to go along for purely selfish reasons.
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Sometimes it's all right to be a little selfish , and forget about everyone else for a change.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any answer that is not basically a selfish one should be regarded with suspicion.
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As a result, commercial interactions better society even though the interests of each participant are purely selfish .
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But it's a selfish family, I'd say.
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Content with humiliation, satisfied with disappointment, I had been too selfish to reach out.
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If I was a selfish individual, I would be happy making $ 3-plus million a year.
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Nepotism is selfish behaviour having the appearance of altruism since it benefits relatives as well as ones own concerns.
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Please don't-it would be selfish and damaging.
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You blamed Gran-gran for being selfish , but what about you?