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English
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Etymology
From Middle English gode herted.
Pronunciation
Adjective
good-hearted (comparative more good-hearted or better-hearted, superlative most good-hearted or best-hearted)
- (idiomatic) Kind and well-intentioned.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192:Good-hearted fellows in their way, true to each other, and invariably gentle and courteous to women, is the much-maligned and misunderstood digger.
2010, Dilly Court, chapter 14, in A Mother’s Secret, London: Arrow Books, Random House, published 2011, →ISBN, page 263:‘My pa is the best-hearted man in all of London,’ Lottie said, spooning pease pudding onto the plates. ‘He’s never turned anyone from the door or walked past a beggar on the streets.’
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club:But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.