heartfelt

adjective heart·felt \ ˈhärt-ˌfelt \

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

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Definition of heartfelt

: deeply felt : earnest

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Examples of heartfelt in a Sentence

You have our heartfelt thanks.
Our most heartfelt wish is for our children to be happy.

Recent Examples of heartfelt from the Web

Stephens won that round, and the two shared a heartfelt embrace at midcourt.

— mike persak, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Boca Raton's Madison Keys, Plantation's Sloane Stephens to meet in French Open semis," 5 June 2018
Culture connoisseur Karamo is surrounded by tissue boxes, a nod to all of those heartfelt convos.

— refinery29.com, "The Queer Eye Guys Just Released A Music Video & You Will Not Believe," 1 June 2018
Rebecca Frank brings a heartfelt performance as Solange, presenting her as a maternal figure who becomes dominated by her younger sister.

— theodore p. mahne, NOLA.com, "Intense production makes rare staging of Genet's 'The Maids' a standout," 1 June 2018
Dessen is the queen of heartfelt summery books and Once and For All is no exception.

— emily ables, Seventeen, "15 Life-Changing Books You Have to Read This Summer," 31 May 2018
The heartfelt inspiration of the song was Hudson’s girlfriend, according to longtime Spaniels member Billy Shelton, a Hammond resident.

— bob kostanczuk, Post-Tribune, "Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals recall the ‘Groovin’’ ’60s," 29 May 2018
On Sunday evening, as Karius issued a public heartfelt apology on his social media platforms, many of the replies were from people with nothing better to do than laugh at the heartbroken agony of a total stranger.

— SI.com, "Loris Karius Needs Support Rather Than Ridicule for His Champions League Final Mistakes," 28 May 2018
Puttnam auditioned by flying to Atlanta and handing a heartfelt manifesto to the top brass of the Coca-Cola Company, which owned the studio.

— stephen metcalf, The New Yorker, "How Superheroes Made Movie Stars Expendable," 19 May 2018
All the same, this is a heartfelt, humane and visually inventive tribute to a fading generation of giants whose principled sacrifices ended up changing history.

— stephen dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The State Against Mandela and the Others': Film Review | Cannes 2018," 14 May 2018

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First Known Use of heartfelt

1712

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heartfelt Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of heartfelt

sincere, wholehearted, heartfelt, hearty, unfeigned mean genuine in feeling. sincere stresses absence of hypocrisy, feigning, or any falsifying embellishment or exaggeration.