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gentleheartedness

gentleheartedness is the alternative form of gentle-heartedness.

Meaning of gentle-heartedness

Noun

gentle-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Kindness and compassion.
    • There was a halo about everything that Uncle John did, the radiance that goes with great kindness, the jovial gentle-heartedness of a humane man.2008, Albert Bigelow Paine, A Short Life of Mark Twain, →ISBN, page 7
  2. Meekness, mildness.
    • Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle.2008, Robert J. Spitzer, Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People, →ISBN, page 47
  3. (archaic) Refinement; high-born graciousness.
    • And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.2003, Darussalam, Child Companions around the Prophet, →ISBN, page 19

Origin of gentleheartedness

From gentlehearted + -ness.

Questions about gentleheartedness

What is gentleheartedness the alternative form of?
Gentleheartedness is the alternative form of gentle-heartedness.

Words near gentleheartedness in the dictionary

  1. gentlegirl
  2. gentlegirls
  3. gentlehanded
  4. gentlehearted
  5. gentleheartedly
  6. gentleheartedness
  7. gentlehood
  8. gentleladies
  9. gentlelady
  10. gentleman
  11. gentleman about town

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