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open-heartedly en · ADV

Etymology

From open-hearted + -ly.

Meanings

1. Frankly, honestly and sincerely.
   • Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York. 1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice:
   • He writes open-heartedly of his admiration of the local villagers' endurance. 2012, Pattie Wright, Ray Parkin's Odyssey, →ISBN:
2. Kindly and generously.
   • When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place. 2015, Diana Cooper, Tim Whild, The Archangel Guide to Ascension: 55 Steps to the Light, →ISBN:
3. Without defensiveness, receptively.
   • Imposition tends to generate opposition, and life is better, I find, if you approach it with open eyes and open-heartedly. 2004, Michael F. Hoyt, The Present Is a Gift: Mo' Better Stories from the World of Brief Therapy., →ISBN, page 224:

Forms

Translations (4)

fi hyväsydämisesti (kindly and generously) · fi avomielisesti (frankly, honestly and sincerely) · fi avosydämin (frankly, honestly and sincerely) · fi sydämellisesti (receptively)