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at heart

at heart prepositional phrase: in spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, fundamentally, really.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, fundamentally, really.
    • I’m a vegan at heart – the thought of the death of animals for my food is abhorrent.
    • My dad may be old on the outside, but he’s young at heart; he plays video games every now and then to improve his coordination.
  2. Wished earnestly for; held in high esteem.
    • I always have your best interests at heart.

at heart meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

at heart in Malayalam

deep down, basically, fundamentally
ഉള്ളിന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ, അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായി, ഹൃദയത്തിനുള്ളിൽ, സാരവത്തായി, ആന്തരാ, അടിത്തട്ടിൽ

at heart in Arabic

deep down, fundamentally, really
بِصَمِيم biṣamīm

Synonyms of at heart

Questions about at heart

What does at heart mean?
At heart means in spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, fundamentally, really.
What is at heart in Malayalam?
At heart in Malayalam is ഉള്ളിന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ, അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായി, ഹൃദയത്തിനുള്ളിൽ. See At heart meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is at heart?
At heart is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at heart in the dictionary

  1. at grips
  2. at gunpoint
  3. at half-sword
  4. at hand
  5. at haphazard
  6. at heart
  7. at heck and manger
  8. at Her Majesty's pleasure
  9. at home
  10. at homes
  11. at intervals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at heart (page history and authors); at heart (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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