free-hearted
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- free-heartedly adverb
- free-heartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of free-hearted
First recorded in 1350–1400, free-hearted is from Middle English free herted. See free, hearted
Example Sentences
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Since Heine was a Jew and passionately self-conscious about it, the uncertainty of the atmosphere led to unpredictable twists in his character, making him by turns suspicious and open-spirited, free-hearted and crabbedly vindictive.
From Time Magazine Archive
You would be telling her, all so silently, that though her home is far away, she has her place among you; that kindness and warmth and free-hearted hospitality one finds the wide world over.
From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis
If what father believes is true, and it looks quite rational, we praise God most, when we are most like him, and are faithful and free-hearted to his children.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
Poor little wiry weedy Nell!—what a genuine, free-hearted, jolly little lass it is!
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
But he was a bright, free-hearted boy now, nearly twenty, and his father loved him, and the two were harmonious and were companions for each other.
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop
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