6 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
unaffected by self-interest
- You may one of these days reap the reward of your disinterested devotion.Chapters 17-18 (62% in)
- Your name is celebrated, your position magnificent; and then the Comte de Morcerf is a soldier, and it is pleasing to see the integrity of a Bayard united to the poverty of a Duguesclin; disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.Chapters 53-54 (67% in)
- How could I make such a proposition, especially to a woman who always professes to be so entirely disinterested?Chapters 57-58 (25% in)
- "But," said Danglars,—who, on his part, did not perceive how soon the conversation, which was at first disinterested, was turning to a business transaction,—"there is, doubtless, a part of your fortune your father could not refuse you?"Chapters 81-82 (5% in)
- It was agreed that the three millions should be intrusted to Danglars to invest; some persons had warned the young man of the circumstances of his future father-in-law, who had of late sustained repeated losses; but with sublime disinterestedness and confidence the young man refused to listen, or to express a single doubt to the baron.Chapters 83-84 (56% in)
- Then you can quit your house, leaving your jewels and giving up your jointure, and every one's mouth will be filled with praises of your disinterestedness.Chapters 105-106 (62% in)
There are no more uses of "disinterested" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Typical Usage
(best examples)