goodhearted
adjUS /ɡʊd.hɑɹ.təd/ · /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/
Etymology From Middle English gode herted; equivalent to good + hearted.
1
kind, generous and altruistic
- She saw that Velvin, if a stubborn man, was a very simple and very goodhearted one, and she prided herself on her skill in sweetly reasonable persuasion of the lower classes.1921, Anthony Wharton, chapter 3, in Joan of Overbarrow, pages 45–46:
- Synonyms
- warm-hearted
- Derived terms
- goodheartedly, goodheartedness