Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: open--heart-ed-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Frankly, honestly and sincerely.

adv

Kindly and generously.

adv

Without defensiveness, receptively.

Example Sentences

"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."
"When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place."
"Imposition tends to generate opposition, and life is better, I find, if you approach it with open eyes and open-heartedly."

Etymology

From open-hearted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: open-hearted

Inflected Forms

more open-heartedly (comparative) most open-heartedly (superlative) openheartedly (alternative)

Questions

What does open-heartedly mean?: Frankly, honestly and sincerely.
Where does open-heartedly come from?: From open-hearted + -ly.

How to pronounce open-heartedly

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