egoistical

Example Sentences

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What also appealed to the Komische is that Gaffigan, ambitious but far from egoistical, actually seems to practice what so many of his colleagues preach about a consciously collaborative style.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022

Wilson, played by Sean Penn, is shown as quick-tempered, voluble, egoistical.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

But perhaps even the too frequent loss of books is an evil to be preferred to the egoistical meanness of the selfish collector.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

He was not an unusually egoistical man, but his first thought was one of unutterable gratitude that in the moment of strong temptation his wife had held an obstinate hand on the purse-strings.

From The Native Born or, the Rajah's People by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)

With the parcelling out of wealth we have become much more egoistical.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent