MEANING
Showing complete sincerity, enthusiasm, or support without holding back.
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Words that belong together
- wholehearted support
- wholehearted effort
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The proposal received wholehearted support.
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Word forms
- Base
- wholehearted
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more wholehearted; superlative most wholehearted 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. Commonness: moderately common.
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