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plain-hearted

plain-hearted adjective: frank; sincere; honest.

Adjective

plain-hearted (comparative more plain-hearted, superlative most plain-hearted)

  1. frank; sincere; honest
    • For every virtue , every worth , renown'd ;
      Sincere , plain-hearted , hospitable , kind1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Summer”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC

Forms of plain-hearted

comparativemore plain-hearted
superlativemost plain-hearted

Questions about plain-hearted

What does plain-hearted mean?
Plain-hearted means frank; sincere; honest.
What part of speech is plain-hearted?
Plain-hearted is an adjective.

Words near plain-hearted in the dictionary

  1. plain-breasted hawks
  2. plain-clothed
  3. plain-clothes
  4. plain-dealing
  5. plain-dealings
  6. plain-hearted
  7. plain-laid
  8. plain-looking
  9. plain-sailing
  10. plain-saw
  11. plain-sawed

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