Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a right heart or disposition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a right heart or disposition.
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Examples
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Think of the outrage if the school curriculum condemned abstinence and modesty as wrongheaded (I may grant right-hearted) impingement of the development of an open and healthy human sexuality appropriate for the 21st century (IMO, YMMV ofc).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Think of the outrage if the school curriculum condemned abstinence and modesty as wrongheaded (I may grant right-hearted) impingement of the development of an open and healthy human sexuality appropriate for the 21st century (IMO, YMMV ofc).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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As First Lady, she headed the ill-fated (but right-hearted) healthcare initiative and continued advocating for the successful S-CHIP program.
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As First Lady, she headed the ill-fated (but right-hearted) healthcare initiative and continued advocating for the successful S-CHIP program.
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So that while the drama of Victor Hugo, Dumas, and the enlightened classes, is profoundly immoral and absurd, the DRAMA of the common people is absurd, if you will, but good and right-hearted.
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As for this look-alike you have rigged out ... well, he has shown himself a right-hearted sort by killing Baldomer and throwing in with us.
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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As for this look-alike you have rigged out ... well, he has shown himself a right-hearted sort by killing Baldomer and throwing in with us.
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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No one knew what an effort it cost Eddie to give in; still, in spite of his pride and vanity, he was a right-hearted, independent lad at heart, and the idea of being a burden to Aunt Amy was simply intolerable.
Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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It may be well to analyse a little more closely the reformation this right-hearted king attempted.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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A gulp of fire-water changed Chris from an honest, right-hearted fellow to a crazy devil.
Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook
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