All 4 Uses of
disinterested
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you.†
p. 132.8
- This was his plan of amends—of atonement—for inheriting their father's estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part.†
p. 69.9 *
- The stupidity with which he was favored by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance; and Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained.†
p. 120.2
- His choice is disinterested at least, for he must know my father can give her nothing.†
p. 261.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(disinterested) unaffected by self-interest
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, disinterested can literally mean "not interested in something."