simple-hearted en · ADJ
Etymology
From simple + hearted.
Meanings
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sincere
“My dear friend, above all things I want to behave like a gentleman and to be recognised as such,” the visitor began in an access of deprecating and simple-hearted pride, typical of a poor relation.
2015, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, →ISBN:He exhibited his client as a simple-hearted, honest, well-meaning man, who, during a copartnership of twelve years, had gradually become impoverished
1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- ingenuous; guileless
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more simple-hearted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| simplehearted | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most simple-hearted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
simple-heartedly · simple-heartedness
Translations (4)
uk простоду́шний (sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous) · ru простоду́шный (sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous) · pl prostoduszny (sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous) · be прастаду́шны (sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous)