heartful

[ hahrt-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

emotionally sincere; heartfelt:
Thank you so much for your wise, heartful advice.

as much or as many as a person is capable of holding in their heart:
Take a whole heartful of enthusiasm and dilute it with a good dose of common sense.

First recorded in 1350–1400; heart ( def ) + -ful ( def )

He would let her rest her head upon his breast and weep out her heartful of piteous sorrow once before she died.

This circumstance did not fail to give me the most heartful satisfaction, and I hailed it as a happy omen of ultimate success.

She's got a heartful of her own just now, too, I take it, but that doesn't make any difference.

"Yes, I do," Connie responded, out of a heartful of similar ecstasies.

We had only room for half a heartful of joy when we set foot on dry land, for another ferry was to be crossed five miles further.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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