heartfelt
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈhɑːt.fɛlt//
- United States//ˈhɑːɹt.fɛlt//
Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
adjective
- 1
Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.
a heartfelt apology
She expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother.
[T]hey were not the spoiled children of affectation and refinement, but a bold, vigorous, independent race of thinkers, with prodigious strength and energy, with none but natural grace, and heartfelt unobtrusive delicacy.
Infused with family warmth, but with a knowing adult eye on the loss of innocence, it is one of the year's most genuinely heartfelt films.
Etymology
From heart + felt.
Forms
- comparative
- more heartfelt
- superlative
- most heartfelt