Definitions

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  • adjective benevolent.

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  • adjective idiomatic Kind and well-intentioned.

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  • adjective showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

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Examples

  • Luffy grew up in a seaside village that provided refuge for a rather unusual pirate crew, led by good-hearted Captain Shanks.

    Resetting sail 2010

  • Tom Lynch is being given a $1,000 reward, and a tribute to this good-hearted rummage saler will be posted alongside the meteorite when it goes back on display.

    2009 March 12 « Scavenging 2009

  • What he meant was that he wanted his characters to be honest, ordinary people, as he might find in his strata of society, flawed and well-meaning, good-hearted and self-effacing, bound by the conventions and the restrictions of their day but quietly dreaming of a little local heroism in their souls.

    On William Dean Howells « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • And Steve Schirripa, who played good-hearted hoodlum Bobby Baccalieri on HBO's The Sopranos, says he didn't necessarily want to be a game show host. ...

    Collinsworth takes NBC handoff in announcing booth 2009

  • Poor Saul (James Franco), the weed dealer, is a good-hearted fella unknowingly surrounded by murderous lowlifes.

    You are Logged in to Stormfront.org… darkerblogistan 2009

  • But how many times does “good-hearted” abuse need to go unpunished before something more insidious happens?

    Matthew Yglesias » Surveillance Abuse in the USA 2010

  • In a brief but vivid scene that has him seated at a desk, eating that sandwich and tapping at an old-fashioned printing calculator, Conrad Feininger manifests the good-hearted awkwardness of Dennis's stepfather, Holtzman, a wealthy shoe store owner.

    In 'Charming Billy,' finely drawn characters breathe life into a barroom requiem Celia Wren 2011

  • Next door, in the bustling market, stall holders — selling horn-hewn salad tossers, bejeweled flip-flops and shell necklaces — enjoy good-hearted bargaining with punters.

    Navigating Through Colombia Jemima Sissons 2011

  • By the way, one of his works was just auctioned and all the money was donated to the pickers' association … There are good-hearted people in this world, Mr Bradshaw.

    Readers' reviews 2011

  • Her vivid characterizations of these damaged but good-hearted people and the joyous but realistic manner in which she draws New York City come together in an utterly charming fable about the creation of community.

    The Ballad of West Tenth Street by Marjorie Kernan: Book summary 2010

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