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ˌpublic-ˈspirited, a.
Characterized by public spirit (public a. 8 b); animated or prompted by zeal for the public good; directed to the common welfare.
1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 157 There is one publick spirited Man lately come into that Countrey. 1712Steele Spect. No. 442 ⁋3 Good or Ill-natur'd, Publick-spirited or Selfish. 1783Burke Rep. Affairs Ind. Wks. XI. 269 The act..is not only disinterested, but generous, and publick-spirited. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 358 A new nobility of wealth, who..were not more farsighted or more public-spirited than their predecessors.
Hence ˌpublic-ˈspiritedly adv., with public spirit; ˌpublic-ˈspiritedness.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 382 The Spirit of Charity, the old Word for publike Spiritednesse. 1707E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. i. (ed. 22) 50 Many eminent Qualifications, as Dexterity, Sagacity,..Publick spiritedness. 1847Webster, Public-spiritedly. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 72/1 The ‘local’ or ‘middle class’ examination for the degree of Associate, so laudably and public-spiritedly established by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 1883Kendal Mercury & Times 23 Nov. 5/1 The promptings of a noble public-spiritedness. |