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openheartedly

openheartedly is the alternative form of open-heartedly.

Meaning of open-heartedly

Adverb

open-heartedly (comparative more open-heartedly, superlative most open-heartedly)

  1. Frankly, honestly and sincerely.
    • Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York.1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice
  2. Kindly and generously.
    • When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place.2015, Diana Cooper, Tim Whild, The Archangel Guide to Ascension: 55 Steps to the Light, →ISBN
  3. Without defensiveness, receptively.
    • Imposition tends to generate opposition, and life is better, I find, if you approach it with open eyes and open-heartedly.2004, Michael F. Hoyt, The Present Is a Gift: Mo' Better Stories from the World of Brief Therapy., →ISBN, page 224

Forms of openheartedly

comparativemore openheartedly
superlativemost openheartedly

Origin of openheartedly

From openhearted + -ly.

Questions about openheartedly

What is openheartedly the alternative form of?
Openheartedly is the alternative form of open-heartedly.

Words near openheartedly in the dictionary

  1. openhandedly
  2. openhandedness
  3. openhanding
  4. openhands
  5. openhearted
  6. openheartedly
  7. openheartedness
  8. opening
  9. opening a can of whoop ass
  10. opening a can of whoop-ass
  11. opening a can of whup ass

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