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whole-heartedly

whole-heartedly is the dated form of wholeheartedly.

Meaning of wholeheartedly

Adverb

wholeheartedly (comparative more wholeheartedly, superlative most wholeheartedly)

  1. In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.
    • He jumped in wholeheartedly and began to learn the language.
    Synonyms:
    body and soul

Forms of whole-heartedly

comparativemore whole-heartedly
superlativemost whole-heartedly

Origin of whole-heartedly

From whole-hearted + -ly.

Questions about whole-heartedly

What is whole-heartedly the dated form of?
Whole-heartedly is the dated form of wholeheartedly.

Words near whole-heartedly in the dictionary

  1. whole-grain breads
  2. whole-gyp
  3. whole-gyps
  4. whole-handedly
  5. whole-hearted
  6. whole-heartedly
  7. whole-heartedness
  8. whole-hogger
  9. whole-hoggers
  10. whole-hoggism
  11. whole-length

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