ADJ about n
The 'fair' and 'selfish' group
These adjectives indicate a range of other ways that people behave.
I said, 'Well this is the price that's been quoted and the quote stands for thirty days.' Because I thought I ought to be professional about it.
The preposition about is sometimes followed by an '-ing' clause.
Was he quite generous about giving you money and so on?
Local communities can be coldly selfish about keeping out the less attractive things that cities require - mental homes, prisons, new housing developments.
The preposition about is sometimes followed by a wh-clause.competitive conservative evangelical fair generous insensitive moralistic precious prescriptive professional selfish sensible sensitive sophisticated supportive sympathetic tolerant unsympathetic
We are actually bound by our professional ethics to be fair about what we find.
Parkside offers advice for change in life style, but is sensible about what is practical.