heartfelt
See also: heart-felt
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːɹt.fɛlt/
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editheartfelt (comparative more heartfelt, superlative most heartfelt)
- Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
- a heartfelt apology
- She expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother.
- 1820, William Hazlitt, “Lecture I. Introductory.”, in Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth. […], London: Stodart and Steuart, […]; Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, →OCLC, page 2:
- [T]hey were not the spoiled children of affectation and refinement, but a bold, vigorous, independent race of thinkers, with prodigious strength and energy, with none but natural grace, and heartfelt unobtrusive delicacy.
- 2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Review: An Emotional Crowd-pleaser”, in BBC[1]:
- Infused with family warmth, but with a knowing adult eye on the loss of innocence, it is one of the year's most genuinely heartfelt films.
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editfelt or believed deeply and sincerely
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