Open-heartedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Frankly, honestly and sincerely.

    "Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York."

  2. 2
    Kindly and generously.

    "When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place."

  3. 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."

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"Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York."

Etymology

From open-hearted + -ly.

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