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/ˈsɛlfli/
Adjective
Of or pertaining to self or one's own self, personal.
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This denotes and declares the divided tongues, where every property had brought itself forth out of the universal sensual tongue into a selfishness and a peculiar selfly understanding, so that they did not any longer understand one another […]
Adverb
In, of, or by one's self; of one's own accord, voluntary, automatic.
Usage- not-comparable
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Thy gloomy Front, that selfly hath no light