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open-heartedly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From open-hearted + -ly.

  1. Frankly, honestly and sincerely.

    Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York.

    He writes open-heartedly of his admiration of the local villagers' endurance.

  2. Kindly and generously.

    When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place.

  3. Without defensiveness, receptively.

    Imposition tends to generate opposition, and life is better, I find, if you approach it with open eyes and open-heartedly.