simple-heartedly

See also: simpleheartedly

English

Alternative forms

• simpleheartedly

Etymology

simple-hearted +‎ -ly

Adverb

simple-heartedly (comparative more simple-heartedly, superlative most simple-heartedly)

1. In a simple-hearted manner; without guile, unsophisticatedly.
   • 2007, W. D. Howells, Between the Dark and the Daylight, →ISBN, page 68:

     "There wasn't," Alford protested, simple-heartedly. Then he recollected his sophistication to say: "Unless its being of that particular shade between brown and red was wrong."