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heartworthy

heartworthy adjective: worthy of heart.

Adjective

heartworthy (comparative more heartworthy, superlative most heartworthy)

  1. Worthy of heart
    • For this faring is base but necessary for my strategies, I fully admit it! But depravities deprive the heartless, not the heartworthy.2011, David L. Birdsall, Harbingers of Redoubts
    • And the word of God that should have been done, the word was deemed no longer to the king a thing at all heartworthy; even honour dishonoured; nay, and certainly not regarded as reverent.2015, Ravens Station Steward, Ravens Station Steward

Forms of heartworthy

comparativemore heartworthy
superlativemost heartworthy
alternative formheart-worthy

Origin of heartworthy

From heart + -worthy.

Questions about heartworthy

What does heartworthy mean?
Heartworthy means worthy of heart.
What part of speech is heartworthy?
Heartworthy is an adjective.

Words near heartworthy in the dictionary

  1. heartwise
  2. heartwood
  3. heartwoods
  4. heartworm
  5. heartworms
  6. heartworthy
  7. heartwrenching
  8. heartwrenchingly
  9. hearty
  10. hearty as a buck
  11. HEAs

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