Meanings
comparative more simple-hearted · superlative most simple-hearted · alternative simplehearted
- sincere
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., →OCLC1 more example
“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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Polish prostoduszny
- prostodusznysincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous
Russian простоду́шный
- простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj)sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous
Ukrainian простоду́шний
- простоду́шний (prostodúšnyj)sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless, guileless, ingenuous
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