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Wholehearted
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whole·heart·ed
/
ˈhoʊlˈhɑr
tɪd
/
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[
hohl
-
hahr
-tid
]
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adjective
fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest:
a wholehearted attempt to comply.
Origin:
1830–40,
Americanism;
whole
+
hearted
Related forms
whole·heart·ed·ly,
adverb
whole·heart·ed·ness,
noun
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wholehearted
(ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪd)
—
adj
done, acted, given, etc, with total sincerity, enthusiasm, or commitment
whole'heartedly
—
adv
whole'heartedness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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wholehearted
embrace of capitalism and a rule of
law.
All this not only takes time, but requires
wholehearted
effort.
We wish to thank the workshop delegates for
wholehearted
participation and
responsiveness to coordination requests.
The offensive against corruption can only be fully effective if it has the
wholehearted
support of the public.
And somehow, somewhere, those pigs have been put to flight by our
wholehearted
action.
We thank the workshop delegates for their
wholehearted
participation and responsiveness to coordination requests.
The decorum of the occasion demanded that she restrict herself to
wholehearted
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