great-hearted
adjective
benevolent or noble; magnanimous
great-heartedness
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a word derived from
great-hearted.
Example Sentences
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Courageous, but with more than the delicacy of her sex, strong only in innocence and great-heartedness, mature in character and feeling, but with fresh and tender sensibility, she appeals to all manly and womanly sympathy.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various
It was David's great-heartedness that bound others to him.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
Her instinct was infallible, her knowledge of how these poor people felt was intuitive, and her great-heartedness was to be seen in every motion, heard in every tone of her voice.
From The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker
"Thank you, thank you," he replied in his rich, after-dinner voice, that seemed to come with his winning smile to his lips through a vast measure of good-fellowship and great-heartedness.
From The Spiritualists and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
When Hamilton saw the great-heartedness of the people, whom he came to crush, he wept.
From Sketches of the Covenanters by J. C. McFeeters
