Simple-heartedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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

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""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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