openheartedly

adverb

as in openly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for openheartedly
  1. openly
  2. freely
  3. naturally
  4. simply
  5. sincerely
  6. genuinely
  7. honestly
  8. naively
Adverb
  • He’s been praised openly by his fellow receivers, cornerback Jaycee Horn and head coach Dave Canales over the past few days.
    — Mike Kaye July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • Spain has been openly pro-immigration even as some of its neighbors have pursued stricter policies.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of openly
Adverb
  • Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That is considerably easier from an AI-training perspective than allowing autonomous trucks to travel freely through ordinary cities or mixed public traffic.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of freely
Adverb
  • There, Singer works on the DLS—for Dynamics & Lightweighting Study—that was announced in 2017 as a partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering before making its public debut, naturally, at FOS in July of 2018.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Treat nausea naturally and drug-free with ReliefBand, which is fast-acting.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of naturally
Adverb
  • For Moore, opening her own shop was never simply about owning a business.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • What ultimately doomed the plan was not simply opposition, but the breadth and speed of that opposition.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of simply
Adverb
  • Colquitt sincerely believes that her work can restore the dignity too often denied people in their last days.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • But the results and the action on the field were second to the experience for Baldwin, who was sincerely present in the moment during the two days of All-Star Game activities.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of sincerely
Adverb
  • This philosophy redefines luxury, prioritizing experiences that genuinely enrich lives and help guests reconnect with their authentic selves.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Back then, the ADA appeared genuinely committed to defending itself and the editorial integrity of another of its journals, Diabetes, which had been named in a defamation suit two years earlier by a researcher in São Paulo named Mario Saad.
    — Ivan Oransky, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of genuinely
Adverb
  • Leaders must honestly review past performance, confronting uncomfortable truths rather than defending old decisions.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The historian Eugen Weber wrote influentially of how peasants who spoke languages like Occitan, Breton, or Basque became—or, more honestly, were made—Frenchmen.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of honestly
Adverb
  • Her parents naively thought these nuns would look after their kid for a couple of weeks.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • When the United States invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Twain naively imagined that the country would be liberated and turned into a republic.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of naively
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