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simple-heartedly

simple-heartedly adverb: in a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.

Adverb

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

  1. In a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.
    • "There wasn't," Alford protested, simple-heartedly. Then he recollected his sophistication to say: "Unless its being of that particular shade between brown and red was wrong."2007, W. D. Howells, Between the Dark and the Daylight, →ISBN, page 68

Forms of simple-heartedly

comparativemore simple-heartedly
superlativemost simple-heartedly
alternative formsimpleheartedly

Origin of simple-heartedly

From simple-hearted + -ly.

Questions about simple-heartedly

What does simple-heartedly mean?
Simple-heartedly means in a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.
What part of speech is simple-heartedly?
Simple-heartedly is an adverb.

Words near simple-heartedly in the dictionary

  1. simple syrups
  2. simple tense
  3. simple tenses
  4. simple time
  5. simple-hearted
  6. simple-heartedly
  7. simple-heartedness
  8. simple-lifeish
  9. simple-minded
  10. simple-mindedly
  11. simple-mindedness

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