self-denial
noun
the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
self-denyingly
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a word derived from
self-denial.
Example Sentences
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She lived “as harshly and simply and self-denyingly as Leo Tolstoy,” she said in admiration of the world-famous writer, who was likewise excommunicated for decrying the man who sells liquor.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
And although his wife devoted herself unweariedly and self-denyingly to his service, still this evidently was not from love either, but from some other extraordinary power.
From Strife and Peace by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
But she had self-denyingly caused Smithson to furbish it up for the present occasion, and was gratified that her virtue did not go unrewarded.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Fitzjames self-denyingly approves of the position assigned to mathematics at Cambridge.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
At Maudeley he found Flaxman awaiting him, and the two passed into the library, where Rose, though bubbling over with question and conjecture, self-denyingly refrained from joining them.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
