Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Kind and generous.
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- adjective
kind ,generous andaltruistic
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Examples
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“You’re some kind of goodhearted guy, am I right, been reading the Reader’s Digest or something all these years, maybe you joined the Christophers on the inside, something like that.
Drowned Hopes Westlake, Donald E. 1990
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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If you can't afford that, or you are relatively unsophisticated you turn to a goodhearted but inexperienced personal lawyer, who may or may not do things right.
Harold Pollack: A story about eyeglasses Harold Pollack 2010
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Unlike his colleagues -- the wonderful Rachel Maddow, the great Lawrence O'Donnell, the increasingly nutty Chris Matthews and the goodhearted but bombastic Ed Schultz -- Olbermann almost never had conservatives as guests.
Michael Sigman: One More Thing About Keith Michael Sigman 2011
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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Unlike his colleagues -- the wonderful Rachel Maddow, the great Lawrence O'Donnell, the increasingly nutty Chris Matthews and the goodhearted but bombastic Ed Schultz -- Olbermann almost never had conservatives as guests.
Michael Sigman: One More Thing About Keith Michael Sigman 2011
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And yet, when the worst human action inspires a surprisingly goodhearted reaction, it brings out the very best human qualities: hope, solidarity, kindness and compassion.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On Jean Fain 2011
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