Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Courageous; high-spirited.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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- adjective Full of
courage ornobleness .
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Examples
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He edited and annotated them, hoping the "public-at-large" would profit by reading "the page-by-page transition of this man from high-hearted exuberance to hopeless resignation."
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He is at any rate too high-hearted to be affected by the prospect of such variation.
An Autobiography 2004
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But Lady Laura was a blonde, and trouble had told upon her outwardly, as it is wont to do upon those who are fair-skinned, and, at the same time, high-hearted.
Phineas Redux 2004
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No! Instead, the Satrap himself, high-hearted adventurous young man that he is, has decided to come himself.
The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999
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True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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We were the most high-hearted kids you've ever seen.
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