"heartful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more heartful [comparative], most heartful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English hartfull, herte full; equivalent to heart + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hartfull}} Middle English hartfull, {{m|enm|herte full}} herte full, {{suffix|en|heart|ful|pos=adjective}} heart + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} heartful (comparative more heartful, superlative most heartful)
  1. Sincere and compassionate. Synonyms: compassionate, sincere, wholehearted Derived forms: heartfully, heartfulness
    Sense id: en-heartful-en-adj-lWsKzJO7 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: heartfuls [plural], heartsful [plural]
Etymology: heart + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heart|ful|pos=noun}} heart + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|heartsful}} heartful (plural heartfuls or heartsful)
  1. An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
    Sense id: en-heartful-en-noun-pua9uHHp Categories (other): English nouns suffixed with -ful
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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