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Definition of Good-hearted
1. Adjective. Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. "A large-hearted mentor"
Similar to: Kind
Derivative terms: Charitableness, Kindliness
Definition of Good-hearted
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Kind and well-intentioned. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-hearted
Literary usage of Good-hearted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"She is a good-hearted girl as ever lived.—Very well, upon my word. That sentence
is very prettily turned. Yes, yes, I will go and see her sure enough. ..."
2. Christian Memorials of the War, Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of by Horatio Balch Hackett (1864)
"OUR good-hearted PRESIDENT. " I have observed more than once," says Daniel Webster,
in his eulogy on honest Zachary Taylor, " that the prevalent notion with ..."
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