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Definition of Bighearted
1. Adjective. Given or giving freely. "Her fond and openhanded grandfather"
Similar to: Generous
Derivative terms: Bigheartedness, Bounteousness, Bounty, Bountifulness, Liberality, Liberalness, Openhandedness
Definition of Bighearted
1. Adjective. kind and generous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bighearted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bighearted
Literary usage of Bighearted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1864)
"Three weeks of misfortune cured us of that opinion, for ever and ever. That she
was the most affectionate and bighearted of women we had always known, ..."
2. Stories of Authors' Loves by Clara Elizabeth Laughlin (1902)
"... and in December it came to pass, after a painful lingering, leaving John alone,
very much alone, so that Charles Brown, his jovial, bighearted friend, ..."
3. Reportby New York (State) Dept. of excise by New York (State) Dept. of excise (1917)
"bighearted, warai-hearted man. He was never afraid to -peak his convictions. "
He fulfilled and represented the very clear and definite :<ieal which ..."
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