openhearted.

Open and generous in expressing feelings and responding to other people.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• an openhearted welcome
• an openhearted manner

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Their openhearted welcome made her prepared explanation of the delay unnecessary.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more openhearted; superlative most openhearted when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.