heart-whole
Americanadjective
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not in love.
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wholehearted; sincere.
adjective
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not in love
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sincere
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stout-hearted
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of heart-whole
First recorded in 1425–75; heart ( def. ) + whole ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Like his best work with the Muppets, Williams’s music is naïve without condescension, as playful as it is heart-whole beautiful.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
She emerged in 1939 heart-whole and fancy free.
From Time Magazine Archive
I fear you did flirt a little," says Lady Chetwoode, gentle reproof in her tone; "that handsome young man you were dancing with just before I left—and who seemed so devoted—hardly went home heart-whole.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
"I am heart-whole, and I know no woman that loves me, or for whose affection I should ask, except yourself."
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
And do you think that if I sacrifice the last tie that attaches me to life, Upton, that I retire from this contest heart-whole?
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
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