Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: high---heart-ed-ly
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Nobly or courageously.

adv

Vivaciously, full of passion or energy.

Example Sentences

""O, they wont shoot you," expostulated his friend, high-heartedly."
"So he continues high-heartedly at the search, and the years have in no way dimmed his ardor."
"I love you gaily, madly, high-heartedly! I love you so much that I could laugh and sing!"
"For the lady tired of them or, else, was smitten with convenient repentance: and these gay blades passed on high-heartedly to the embraces of yet other technically beautiful and accomplished and chaste playfellows."

Etymology

From high-hearted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: high-hearted

Inflected Forms

more high-heartedly (comparative) most high-heartedly (superlative)

Questions

What does high-heartedly mean?: Nobly or courageously.
Where does high-heartedly come from?: From high-hearted + -ly.

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