great-hearted

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Frequency: 3.77 in modern English

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"But it was surely true – on the basis of what they had done, where they had been and the time they had been away – that they were, as Bean put it, great-hearted men. What was the nation going to do for great-hearted men?"
"And Bobbie Burns, that great-hearted man, stopped and put his hand on the head of little Walter and, speaking words of inspiration and cheer, said, "You can be a great writer someday, Walter, and you will be.""

From great + hearted.

more great-hearted (comparative) most great-hearted (superlative)

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