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singlehearted

singlehearted is the alternative form of single-hearted.

Meaning of single-hearted

Adjective

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

  1. Having an honest heart; straightforward, free from duplicity.
    • There are two hundred and eighty men, perhaps more, in that body, as honest, straightforward, singlehearted reformers as ever were assembled within four walls.1835 April-July, Sydney Smith, “State of Parties, Speech of Henry, Lord Brougham, on the Address in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, 17 Feb, 1835”, in The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal, volume...
  2. Devoted; unambivalent and dedicated.
    • All this is a foolish trick of the South Korean authorities to impair the daily rising authority of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and undermine the great singlehearted unity of the people around the respected General Kim Chong-il ...1996, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, Issues 2771-2783

Forms of singlehearted

comparativemore singlehearted
superlativemost singlehearted

Origin of singlehearted

From single + hearted.

Words formed from singlehearted

Questions about singlehearted

What is singlehearted the alternative form of?
Singlehearted is the alternative form of single-hearted.

Words near singlehearted in the dictionary

  1. singlehanded
  2. singlehandedly
  3. singlehandedness
  4. singlehanding
  5. singlehands
  6. singlehearted
  7. singleheartedly
  8. singleheartedness
  9. singlehood
  10. singleism
  11. singleleaf

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