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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

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Etymology

Origin of simple-hearted

1350–1400; Middle English symple herted

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

With the delightful enthusiasm of youth, they took the solitary boy into their midst, and made much of him, and he found something very charming in the innocent companionship of these simple-hearted girls.

From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May