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heart-warming

British  

adjective

  1. pleasing; gratifying

  2. emotionally moving

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"It was so heart-warming," she said of the hero's welcome she received all week.

From Barron's

Tonya, from Colchester, said seeing her daughter's reaction to the doll was heart-warming.

From BBC

"It's been heart-warming," she adds.

From BBC

Goldstein even got a heart-warming video message from her favourite Spice Girl, Baby.

From BBC

Alan Knight, IAR president, told the BBC it was "heart-warming" to see how healthy and playful Max and Minnie were "after years of cruelty and neglect".

From BBC

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