FREEHEARTEDLY Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

freeheartedly

adverb

as in generously

in a generous manner the review for that little restaurant was so freeheartedly favorable that I suspect the critic is friends with the owner

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Scatter the olives and pistachios over, season generously with Aleppo pepper and a couple of pinches of flaky salt, and finish it off with one last shiny drizzle of oil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Durant's Steakhouse At Durant’s Steakhouse in Phoenix, the Chef’s Cut Hanging Bacon at Durant’s begins with premium, generously thick cut Colorado Farms bacon, hand cut each day by master butchers.

— Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of generously

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SoCal likely in the clear A red blob on the hurricane center's forecast map well south of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula represents a developing tropical system, one that some models show could eventually impact California.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
It’s been a decade since the company best known for sucking up hair balls and dust bunnies blew with great force into the beauty business.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of well

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When these fibers are thoughtfully integrated, Wong said the fabric instantly conveys a higher level of refinement.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Today, the roughly 7,000-square-foot house has been thoughtfully updated while retaining its Elizabethan character.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtfully

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As for Apple, Amazon and Sony, all three companies have strong technology businesses in addition to theatrical and streaming content, which may align nicely with Imax's tech-heavy business.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
None of this would worry me if the systems failed loudly, but a model out of its depth returns fluent, confident and nicely formatted text that happens to be wrong.

— Faisal Saeed, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of nicely

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Wagoner eventually recovers and the two cheerfully finish the song to applause.

— Stephanie Vander Wel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
At the top end, suites are spacious and cheerfully appointed, with smartly outfitted living rooms, double sinks in the bathrooms, robes, and patterned ceramics.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheerfully

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