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
- heart-wholeness noun
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
She longed, with heart-whole earnestness, to be in love with someone, for as yet she was only in love with love.
From Project Gutenberg
In short, Daphne adopted Juggernaut, as only a young and heart-whole girl can whose experience of men so far has been purely domestic.
From Project Gutenberg
Alas, she could only go back to the moment when she had tripped heart-whole round the corner of the wood, and seen him standing, solitary, wrapped in thought, a romantic figure.
From Project Gutenberg
That would be foolish, for Silver Heels must remain heart-whole and fancy-free to concentrate her envious admiration upon me.
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