all heart

adjective

Motivated by positive emotions, especially as productive of exceptionally generous or kind behavior.

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adjectiveall heart (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableMotivated by positive emotions, especially as productive of exceptionally generous or kind behavior.

    Joseph Michael Valachi looks a bit like a Damon Runyon gangster—the tough guy who really is all heart.

    1969 January 17, "Books: His Life and Crimes" (review of The Valachi Papers by Peter Maas), Time (retrieved 2 May 2019)
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    "[F]ar from wanting feeling, Charlotte Henley is all heart. To use your own language," she added, turning her eyes towards him archly, "it is for her heart that I most love her."

    1823, James Fenimore Cooper, Tales for Fifteen or, Imagination and Heart

    Greyhounds in general are all heart, kind and gentle souls that love to please and be with their owners.

    2007 October 7, Andrea Guttman "Opinions: Want a Great Dog? Adopt a Greyhound, New York Times (retrieved 2 May 2019)

    [I]f you were sad, he would put his arms around you and go out and buy a present even if he didn’t have any money that month. He was all heart.

    2014 June 5, Elizabeth Grice "Mark Shand: 'It was like watching a lion fall', Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 2 May 2019)
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APA

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Chicago

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