English

Alternative forms

• openheartedly

Adverb

open-heartedly ‎(comparative more open-heartedly, superlative most open-heartedly)

1. Frankly, honestly and sincerely.
   • 1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice:

     Yetta Zimmerman's house may have been the most open-heartedly monochromatic structure in Brooklyn, if not in all of New York.

   • 2012, Pattie Wright, Ray Parkin's Odyssey, ISBN 1743347561:

     He writes open-heartedly of his admiration of the local villagers' endurance.

2. Kindly and generously.
   • 2015, Diana Cooper & ‎Tim Whild, The Archangel Guide to Ascension: 55 Steps to the Light, ISBN 1781805210:

     When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place.

3. Without defensiveness, receptively.
   • 2004, Michael F. Hoyt, The Present Is a Gift: Mo' Better Stories from the World of Brief Therapy., ISBN 0595311059, page 224:

     Imposition tends to generate opposition, and life is better, I find, if you approach it with open eyes and open-heartedly.