"all heart" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} all heart (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Motivated by positive emotions, especially as productive of exceptionally generous or kind behavior. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Related terms: with all one's heart
    Sense id: en-all_heart-en-adj-~UXjd96b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1823, James Fenimore Cooper, Tales for Fifteen or, Imagination and Heart",
          "text": "\"[F]ar from wanting feeling, Charlotte Henley is all heart. To use your own language,\" she added, turning her eyes towards him archly, \"it is for her heart that I most love her.\"",
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          "ref": "1969 January 17, \"Books: His Life and Crimes\" (review of The Valachi Papers by Peter Maas), Time (retrieved 2 May 2019)",
          "text": "Joseph Michael Valachi looks a bit like a Damon Runyon gangster—the tough guy who really is all heart."
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          "ref": "2007 October 7, Andrea Guttman \"Opinions: Want a Great Dog? Adopt a Greyhound, New York Times (retrieved 2 May 2019)",
          "text": "Greyhounds in general are all heart, kind and gentle souls that love to please and be with their owners."
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          "ref": "2014 June 5, Elizabeth Grice \"Mark Shand: 'It was like watching a lion fall', Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 2 May 2019)",
          "text": "[I]f you were sad, he would put his arms around you and go out and buy a present even if he didn’t have any money that month. He was all heart."
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