Definition of Good-hearted

1. Adjective. Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. "A large-hearted mentor"


Definition of Good-hearted

1. Adjective. (idiomatic) Kind and well-intentioned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-hearted

goober pea
goober peas
goobers
gooch
good
good(p)
good-by
good-bye
good-byes
good-den
good-faith
good-fellowship
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
good-for-nothings
good-hearted (current term)
good-heartedly
good-heartedness
good-humored
good-humoredly
good-humoredness
good-humoured
good-king-henry
good-looking
good-lookingness
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-naturedness
good-neighborliness
good-neighbourliness

Literary usage of Good-hearted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"She is a good-hearted girl as ever lived.—Very well, upon my word. That sentence is very prettily turned. Yes, yes, I will go and see her sure enough. ..."

2. Christian Memorials of the War, Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of by Horatio Balch Hackett (1864)
"OUR good-hearted PRESIDENT. " I have observed more than once," says Daniel Webster, in his eulogy on honest Zachary Taylor, " that the prevalent notion with ..."

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