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simple-hearted

American  
[sim-puhl-hahr-tid] / ˈsɪm pəlˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

  1. free of deceit; artless; sincere.


simple-hearted British  

adjective

  1. free from deceit; open; frank; sincere

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of simple-hearted

1350–1400; Middle English symple herted

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Raj Kapoor, who made and starred in musicals about simple-hearted characters smiling in the face of adversity, would be greeted with rousing receptions in the Soviet Union.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2017

Actress Julie Haydon plays radiantly as the simple-hearted slavey, makes the Canon's conversion entirely credible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Following the high-kneed, fancy twirling majorettes, some 30 bands gave out, in the simple-hearted braveries of Western brass and the intricate Oriental din of bells, cymbals and gongs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blake strikes up a great friendship with Erik, a simple-hearted Dane who is secretly engaged to the local beauty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Full, too, always he was of simple-hearted gratitude to France for the princely help that she had given to the American cause.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

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