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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He is the good-humoured, honourable, simple-hearted Venetian of the middle class, advanced in years, Polonius-like, with stores of worldly wisdom, strong natural affections, and healthy moral impulses.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

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