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
Here, during those few short weeks of dying summer, she found continuation of that perfect heart-whole happiness she had lived upon always.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Ernest G. Henham
That would be foolish, for Silver Heels must remain heart-whole and fancy-free to concentrate her envious admiration upon me.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
She is heart-whole now, but if she began to learn that there was some one who really loved her, she would fly to him like a young bird does to her mate.”
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn
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