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heartwise

heartwise adverb: in terms of the heart.

Adverb

heartwise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of the heart.
    • Did I understand from your response to the chairman there, Doctor, that we already get some kind of reading that if there is an abnormality in either of the parents of that child, heartwise, the chances are that it could show up in that child?1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare...

Origin of heartwise

From heart + -wise.

Questions about heartwise

What does heartwise mean?
Heartwise means in terms of the heart.
What part of speech is heartwise?
Heartwise is an adverb.

Words near heartwise in the dictionary

  1. heartwarmers
  2. heartwarming
  3. heartwarmingly
  4. heartwater
  5. heartwhole
  6. heartwise
  7. heartwood
  8. heartwoods
  9. heartworm
  10. heartworms
  11. heartworthy

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