heart-free

[ hahrt-free ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1740–50

Perhaps a less perfect manner is preferable with a heart free from guile.

If Rhoda Polly was heart-free, that was certainly not my fault.

Heart-free, he never met a woman without wondering whether she was the one.

Probably no smugglers are free traders at heart—free trade would ruin their business.

Whereas a light jest and a merry smile will show you are heart-free, and beyond the range of clerical artillery.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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