Single-hearted
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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
More examples"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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