full-heartedadj.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 7 The Enemy full-hearted, Lolling the Tongue with slaught'ring. View more context for this quotation

1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xx. 247 If you come full-hearted with this treasure, and full-handed in drawing it out, be sure the Lord will be open-hearted to admit you.

1795 C. Este Journey through Flanders 313 A fine full-hearted young man.

1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer ii. 33 Being a stout full-hearted man, he would not make a plea.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) xii. 323 The most effective work is always the full-hearted work.

1924 Spectator 19 Jan. 91/2 The impression of greatness which comes from contact with the poetry of this picturesque Victorian is..due..to its full-hearted strength and ruthless sincerity.

1959 M. Barth Broken Wall i. i. 25 The courage required by a full-hearted attempt boldly to live ‘in Christ’.

2008 Economist 28 Apr. 114/1 He was spontaneous, erratic, frequently drunk, talented, sincere, witty, full-hearted.

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives I. xii. 138 ‘It is, it is he! He himself!’ said the full-hearted Peggy, falling down on her knees.

1817 Morning Chron. 17 Mar. 3/3 The honied Lines [of this Tale] do freshly interlace To keep the Reader in so sweet a place, so that he here and there full-hearted stops.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiii. 240 Full-hearted silence.

1945 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 19/4 Hence her full-hearted tribute to the Russians.

1998 B. Kephart Slant of Sun 19 From the back of the train comes the voice of my son, plaintive and full-hearted with song.

1840 A. Bunn Stage I. 214 The pleasure they have often afforded me, was feebly but full-heartedly returned on the occasion.

1945 College Art Jrnl. 4 174 This country [sc. Brazil] has full heartedly gone in for the modern school of architecture.

2004 Economist 2 Oct. 99/3 He never defended the book as full-heartedly as Lord Weidenfeld did.

1820 New Monthly Mag. June 722/1 There is a full-heartedness in his performance..of which no other artist can give the least image.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 206 So much motherliness and full-heartedness..seemed to put a spirit into the food and drink she offered.

1920 Il Carroccio 20 May 451 People are resuming work with their well known fullheartedness.

2004 Guardian 30 Apr. 16 No country adopted it with more idealistic full-heartedness than the Dutch.