Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Noble or courageous in spirit.
- adjective Generous; magnanimous.
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- adjective Nobly
courageous - adjective
Magnanimous
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Examples
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This too has been told you by any number of greathearted men.
"What do YOU do when your favorite author turns out to be a puppy-kicker?" Roger Sutton 2009
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You can, I suppose, dismiss that message as purest Victorian hypocrisy, but to listen to the G-Minor Mass and the Fifth Symphony is to know that the greathearted genius who made them was the truest of believers in the power of art to uplift and ennoble the souls of his fellow men.
How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012
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He feels the same way as she does—of course he does—but she is married to the man they both love and admire—the greathearted Geoffrey Moor.
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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This too has been told you by any number of greathearted men.
Lock Up Your Daughters Roger Sutton 2005
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He constantly humbles and amazes us with his blazing insights and his greathearted worldview.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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He constantly humbles and amazes us with his blazing insights and his greathearted worldview.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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He constantly humbles and amazes us with his blazing insights and his greathearted worldview.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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He constantly humbles and amazes us with his blazing insights and his greathearted worldview.
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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Berda and Locasti were on the ground with their greathearted horses standing over them like guard dogs.
Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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Berda and Locasti were on the ground with their greathearted horses standing over them like guard dogs.
Exile's Honor Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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