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self-forgetful

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self-forgetful
adj
forgetful of one's own interests
self-forgetfully  adv
self-forgetfulness  n
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Adj.1.self-forgetful - showing lack of self-interest
unselfish - disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others


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The self-forgetful fortitude, which had never failed her until that day, had been tried once too often -- had been tasked beyond its powers at last.
It was so sweet to look at her eyes, which had now a self-forgetful questioning in them--for a moment he forgot that he wanted to say anything, or that it was necessary to tell her what he meant.
One of the old ladies--Miss Noble, the aunt--is a wonderfully quaint picture of self-forgetful goodness, and Ladislaw gallants her about sometimes.
 
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