free-hearted
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of free-hearted
First recorded in 1350–1400, free-hearted is from Middle English free herted. See free, hearted
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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
At the beginning of the feast the king’s brow was clouded, for, although there was no lack of merriment or song, there was a want of the free-hearted courtesy and confidence of former days.
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Be an honest, free-hearted, companionable girl, and put sentimentality out of mind.
From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Mary Wood-Allen
This letter achieved an absolute free-hearted sincerity in the final page or two—that most winning quality of the younger generation.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort
The French ambassador narrowly watched his actions, but James was the same free-hearted, jovial, pleasure-seeking monarch he had always been.
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr
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