good-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- good-heartedly adverb
- good-heartedness noun
- goodheartedly adverb
- goodheartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of good-hearted
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Noting the show’s timely themes, Times television critic Robert Lloyd called it a “perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries” in his review.
From Los Angeles Times
Now, as civil rights are being beaten back to … backwardness by small-minded politicians, there’s a timely element to this perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries.
From Los Angeles Times
While that was quickly cancelled, Warner came to be associated with stable, good-hearted guys whose lives are more together than those of their friends.
From Salon
Pragmatic, good-hearted Ava is the film’s moral center, the one disgusted enough to realize that she, her friends and Southport’s leadership are all cretins.
From Los Angeles Times
The 20th-century version of the "bimbo" was dim, but almost always good-hearted, exhibiting a childlike generosity to others.
From Salon
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