Meanings
comparative more open-heartedly · superlative most open-heartedly · alternative openheartedly
- Frankly, honestly and sincerely.
He writes open-heartedly of his admiration of the local villagers' endurance.
2012, Pattie Wright, Ray Parkin's Odyssey, →ISBN1 more example
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 - 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 - 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
Origin
Translations
Finnish avomielisesti, avosydämin
- avomielisestifrankly, honestly and sincerely
- avosydäminfrankly, honestly and sincerely
- hyväsydämisestikindly and generously
- sydämellisestireceptively
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