free-hearted

American  

[free-hahr-tid] / ˈfriˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

1. light-hearted; spontaneous; frank; generous.

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free-hearted British  

adjective

1. frank and spontaneous; open; generous

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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

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

Did you see him only by day, flaming in apparel, jovial and free-hearted at the Restaurateur or Hotel, you would think him a Prince let loose—a cross between Prince Hal and Falstaff.

From Gamblers and Gambling by Beecher, Henry Ward

Charlemagne, with his deep intuition, recognized the value of these relics, and, assisted by the staff of free-hearted and free-minded scholars with whom he had surrounded himself, tried to save what could yet be saved.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

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 Comfort, Will Levington