Meaning of sacrificingly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a sacrificing manner.

Examples

“During the tedious lawsuit of 1895 and 1896, which threatened to involve⟳ the means her husband had left for the maintenance of the university, she sacrificingly used her personal means to help⟳ over until the suit⟳ was gained.”

“Hon. Lloyd C[arpenter] Griscom said, on being introduced, it was not his intention to make⟳ a formal speech, but to give⟳ expression to his appreciation of [Women’s Union] Mission work⟳, and especially woman’s work⟳, for the home life of the people for whom they so sacrificingly laboured.”

“[George] O’Brien, a rich man’s son, losing all, comes west, locates on a ranch where the owner, his daughter (Dorothy Wilson) and the foreman (Paul Kelly) are being crowded out by Harry Woods’ villainy. O’Brien tames a horse, his objective, saves the ranch and gets the girl while Kelly, sacrificingly, rides off.”

“Major Church authorities have⟳ no recognizable bodies to deal⟳ with, no fixed ministries. This limits the long-term impact of these lay⟳ ministers internal to the Church they sacrificingly serve⟳.”

“That war could be launched into because men and women light-mindedly – often unselfishly, I give⟳ you, sacrificingly – believed that war was permissible, controllable, sometimes right; […]”

“I sacrificingly give⟳ the caller five minutes to babble, cursing and resenting every second.”

“[W]ould I like⟳ it if I left the dishes in the sink⟳ just once, and went into the next room to play⟳ my guitar, and Tom sighed all passive-aggressively and banged around the dishes as he sacrificingly cleaned them?”

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