open-heartedly

adverb

Frankly, honestly and sincerely.

Meanings

adverbopen-heartedly (comparative more open-heartedly, superlative most open-heartedly)

comparative more open-heartedly · superlative most open-heartedly · alternative openheartedly

  1. Frankly, honestly and sincerely.

    He writes open-heartedly of his admiration of the local villagers' endurance.

    2012, Pattie Wright, Ray Parkin's Odyssey, →ISBN
    1 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
  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

Origin

Translations

Finnish avomielisesti, avosydämin
  • avomielisestifrankly, honestly and sincerely
  • avosydäminfrankly, honestly and sincerely
  • hyväsydämisestikindly and generously
  • sydämellisestireceptively
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APA

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Chicago

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