single-hearted love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Sincere and dedicated.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a single, sincere, or honest heart; free from duplicity.
  • Proceeding from or characteristic of a sincere heart.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.

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Examples

  • Compared to his duplicity, their single-hearted yearning seems almost naive.

    Rose Marie Berger: Epiphany: When Three Kings Beat a Royal Flush Rose Marie Berger 2011

  • Compared to his duplicity, their single-hearted yearning seems almost naive.

    Rose Marie Berger: Epiphany: When Three Kings Beat a Royal Flush Rose Marie Berger 2011

  • But, launched out, the decision made, the line of least resistance taken, he knew, single-thoughted, single-hearted, only that he was going to Skipper.

    CHAPTER XX 2010

  • That single-hearted focus might have helped both of them during this brief season of separation to remain faithful to each other.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • That single-hearted focus might have helped both of them during this brief season of separation to remain faithful to each other.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • Enough for me the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality, together with the single-hearted endeavor to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.

    Krista Tippett: Albert Einstein's Faith: Was the Great Physicist Spiritual? 2010

  • Enough for me the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality, together with the single-hearted endeavor to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.

    Krista Tippett: Albert Einstein's Faith: Was the Great Physicist Spiritual? 2010

  • Scripture scholars contend that the original language of the Beatitudes should not be rendered as “Blessed are the single-hearted” or “Blessed are the peacemakers” or “Blessed are those who struggle for justice.”

    Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010

  • That single-hearted focus might have helped both of them during this brief season of separation to remain faithful to each other.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

  • That single-hearted focus might have helped both of them during this brief season of separation to remain faithful to each other.

    Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

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