Simple-heartedness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being simple-hearted; guilelessness, sincerity, lack of sophistication. uncountable
"... my slight intercourse with him added to the respect which I feel to those of his class, in whom generous feeling, sound practical sense, and shrewd judgment, are often found united with unassuming manners and simple-heartedness."
Example
More examples"... my slight intercourse with him added to the respect which I feel to those of his class, in whom generous feeling, sound practical sense, and shrewd judgment, are often found united with unassuming manners and simple-heartedness."
Etymology
From simple-hearted + -ness.
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