high-heartedly

See also: highheartedly

English

Etymology

high-hearted +‎ -ly

Adverb

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

  1. Nobly or courageously.
    • 1982, William Dean Howells, Edwin H. Cady, Howells, 1875-1886, →ISBN, page 158:
      "O, they wont shoot you," expostulated his friend, high-heartedly.
    • 1995, W. K. McNeil, Appalachian Images in Folk and Popular Culture, →ISBN, page 211:
      So he continues high-heartedly at the search, and the years have in no way dimmed his ardor.
  2. Vivaciously, full of passion or energy.
    • 1931, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (screenplay):
      I love you gaily, madly, high-heartedly! I love you so much that I could laugh and sing!
    • 2003, James Branch Cabell, Something about Eve, →ISBN, page 24:
      For the lady tired of them or, else, was smitten with convenient repentance: and these gay blades passed on high-heartedly to the embraces of yet other technically beautiful and accomplished and chaste playfellows.
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