good-hearted
adjective
good-heart·ed
ˈgu̇d-ˈhär-təd 
: having a kindly generous disposition
good-heartedly
adverb
good-heartedness
noun
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a good-hearted doctor who regularly sees poor patients for free
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But some have stuck around, like this goofy, endearing Netflix movie starring Kurt Russell as a gruff but good-hearted (and hunky) Santa who spends one busy Christmas Eve helping out a family of troubled kids escape a series of mishaps.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Robert Timothy Smith plays good-hearted Neel (with the aid of facial motion capture, a prosthetic suit and an animatronic puppeteered head), while Ravi Cabot-Conyers (#BlackAF), Ryan Kiera Armstrong (2022’s Firestarter) and Kyriana Kratter (BUNK’D) respectively play Wim, Fern and KB.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
As a result, he’s often accused of playing one character: the fundamentally decent, good-hearted, noble but humble all-American Everyman.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
There have been a few seasons of the show in which men (see: season five Cole) are portrayed as innocent but good-hearted idiots and women as harsh shrews.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Robert Timothy Smith plays good-hearted Neel (with the aid of facial motion capture, a prosthetic suit and an animatronic puppeteered head), while Ravi Cabot-Conyers (#BlackAF), Ryan Kiera Armstrong (2022’s Firestarter) and Kyriana Kratter (BUNK’D) respectively play Wim, Fern and KB.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
As a result, he’s often accused of playing one character: the fundamentally decent, good-hearted, noble but humble all-American Everyman.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
There have been a few seasons of the show in which men (see: season five Cole) are portrayed as innocent but good-hearted idiots and women as harsh shrews.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for good-hearted
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“Good-hearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good-hearted. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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