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Meaning of large-hearted | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

Examples

“He was a hearty man, a large-hearted man that is to say. He was perhaps the largest-hearted man I ever knew. I think he made a nearer approach to obeying the divine precept, “Love thy neighbour as thyself,” than one man in a hundred thousand.”
“Julius Rosenwald was one of the largest-minded and largest-hearted men of modern times. He transcended all barriers of race, religion and nationality.”
“However, like your sister in ancient Greece, you make your “darker-hearted” perennial descents. And like Persephone, and also like her predecessor, the goddess Inanna, who went below of her own volition, your experience has made you larger-hearted and wiser-hearted as well.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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