simple-heartedly en · ADV
Etymology
From simple-hearted + -ly.
Meanings
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In a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.
"There wasn't," Alford protested, simple-heartedly. Then he recollected his sophistication to say: "Unless its being of that particular shade between brown and red was wrong."
2007, W. D. Howells, Between the Dark and the Daylight, →ISBN, page 68:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more simple-heartedly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most simple-heartedly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| simpleheartedly | alternative | lexicographic |