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single-heartedly

single-heartedly adverb: in a single-hearted manner; devotedly and whole-heartedly.

Adverb

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

  1. In a single-hearted manner; devotedly and whole-heartedly.
    • All my doubts and depressions of the evening before had fled, and I was single-heartedly delighted with the world and everything in it.2014, Christopher Morley, chapter 12, in A Christopher Morley Reader

Forms of single-heartedly

comparativemore single-heartedly
superlativemost single-heartedly
alternative formsingleheartedly

Origin of single-heartedly

From single-hearted + -ly.

Questions about single-heartedly

What does single-heartedly mean?
Single-heartedly means in a single-hearted manner; devotedly and whole-heartedly.
What part of speech is single-heartedly?
Single-heartedly is an adverb.

Words near single-heartedly in the dictionary

  1. single-handedness
  2. single-handing
  3. single-hands
  4. single-heading
  5. single-hearted
  6. single-heartedly
  7. single-heartedness
  8. single-incision laparoscopic surgeries
  9. single-incision laparoscopic surgery
  10. single-issue
  11. single-issueism

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