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simple-hearted

American  
[sim-puhl-hahr-tid] / ˈsɪm pəlˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

  1. free of deceit; artless; sincere.


simple-hearted British  

adjective

  1. free from deceit; open; frank; sincere

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Etymology

Origin of simple-hearted

1350–1400; Middle English symple herted

Example Sentences

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Raj Kapoor, who made and starred in musicals about simple-hearted characters smiling in the face of adversity, would be greeted with rousing receptions in the Soviet Union.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2017

Blake strikes up a great friendship with Erik, a simple-hearted Dane who is secretly engaged to the local beauty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Actress Julie Haydon plays radiantly as the simple-hearted slavey, makes the Canon's conversion entirely credible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reason: she jilted the simple-hearted brakeman who loved her for an ambitious young lawyer who loved success.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the storm raged without, the young man, who was a simple-hearted fellow, confided to us the details of his brief career.

From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold