Large-hearted
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
"He was a hearty man, a large-hearted man that is to say. He was perhaps the largest-hearted man I ever knew. I think he made a nearer approach to obeying the divine precept, “Love thy neighbour as thyself,” than one man in a hundred thousand."
Adjective
- 1 showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity wordnet
Example
More examples"He was a hearty man, a large-hearted man that is to say. He was perhaps the largest-hearted man I ever knew. I think he made a nearer approach to obeying the divine precept, “Love thy neighbour as thyself,” than one man in a hundred thousand."
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