Simple-heartedly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.
""There wasn't," Alford protested, simple-heartedly. Then he recollected his sophistication to say: "Unless its being of that particular shade between brown and red was wrong.""
Example
More examples""There wasn't," Alford protested, simple-heartedly. Then he recollected his sophistication to say: "Unless its being of that particular shade between brown and red was wrong.""
Etymology
From simple-hearted + -ly.
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