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free-hearted

[ free-hahr-tid ]

adjective

  1. light-hearted; spontaneous; frank; generous.


free-hearted

adjective

  1. frank and spontaneous; open; generous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌfree-ˈheartedly, adverb
  • ˌfree-ˈheartedness, noun
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Other Words From

  • free-hearted·ly adverb
  • free-hearted·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of free-hearted1

First recorded in 1350–1400, free-hearted is from Middle English free herted. See free, hearted
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Example Sentences

Be an honest, free-hearted, companionable girl, and put sentimentality out of mind.

Her figure and air, her habits of gesture and step, and carriage of the head, were those of the free-hearted maid of the seignory.

He was a bold, free-hearted, jovial lad, who loved to frolic over the gardens and grounds round the British Museum.

For kindliness: were not his comrades a good set of brave, free-hearted lads, and was not he the favourite among them?

After the strain of the "mid-year Exams" in February, they lived a free-hearted life.

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