All 3 Uses of
disinterested
in
Sense and Sensibility
- And for your own sake too, or you are carrying your disinterestedness beyond reason.†
Chpt 24 *
- Of Edward, or at least of some of his concerns, she now received intelligence from Colonel Brandon, who had been into Dorsetshire lately; and who, treating her at once as the disinterested friend of Mr. Ferrars, and the kind of confidant of himself, talked to her a great deal of the parsonage at Delaford, described its deficiencies, and told her what he meant to do himself towards removing them.†
Chpt 42
- In such a situation as that, where there seemed nothing to tempt the avarice or the vanity of any living creature, how could I suppose, when she so earnestly, so warmly insisted on sharing my fate, whatever it might be, that any thing but the most disinterested affection was her inducement?†
Chpt 49
Definition:
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(disinterested) unaffected by self-interest