unmercenary
- a word derived from mercenary.
Example Sentences
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"Progress" Sirs: I read your new Fashion Department with, I will confess a critical but, I am sure, unmercenary eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he could have found a dignified, unmercenary spirit pervading those shrines conducted solely by the Roman Catholic, such as Gethsemane and the Church of the Dormition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Anthony likewise found that his jailing wives were unmercenary, at least in the sense that they would rather discomfort their husbands than get money from them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its editor threw up a secretaryship that was profitable, but cramping to a soaring, unmercenary spirit.
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
He will welcome the friendship and unmercenary devotion of the brother who has never ceased to sorrow for the loss of his regard!'
From Niece Catherine by Hampden, Mary
