single-heartedly

adverb

In a single-hearted manner; devotedly and whole-heartedly.

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Meanings

adverbsingle-heartedly (comparative more single-heartedly, superlative most single-heartedly)

comparative more single-heartedly · superlative most single-heartedly · alternative singleheartedly

  1. In a single-hearted manner; devotedly and whole-heartedly.

    All my doubts and depressions of the evening before had fled, and I was single-heartedly delighted with the world and everything in it.

    2014, Christopher Morley, chapter 12, in A Christopher Morley Reader

Origin

From single-hearted + -ly.

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APA

single-heartedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-heartedly

MLA

“single-heartedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-heartedly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single-heartedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single-heartedly.

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