Single-hearted

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an honest heart; straightforward, free from duplicity.

    "There are two hundred and eighty men, perhaps more, in that body, as honest, straightforward, singlehearted reformers as ever were assembled within four walls."

  2. 2
    Devoted; unambivalent and dedicated.

    "All this is a foolish trick of the South Korean authorities to impair the daily rising authority of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and undermine the great singlehearted unity of the people around the respected General Kim Chong-il ..."

Example

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"There are two hundred and eighty men, perhaps more, in that body, as honest, straightforward, singlehearted reformers as ever were assembled within four walls."

Etymology

From single + hearted.

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