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Warmheartedly

adv.kind, joyfulwarm

What it means

With sincere affection, sympathy, and generosity.

Reach for it when showing that an action was performed from an openly caring disposition

The family warmheartedly included the stranded traveler in their holiday meal.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    sweetly

    when a small charming kindness is being described informally

    not when Sweetly trivializes serious care and sounds unsuitable in professional prose.

  • everyday

    generously

    when giving more than required is the notable feature

    not when Generously can describe quantity or fairness without emotional warmth.

  • everyday

    kindly

    when a considerate action needs a natural, unobtrusive modifier

    not when Kindly can also sound like a command in formal requests, unlike warmheartedly.

  • warm

    affectionately

    when established fondness is expressed directly

    not when Affectionately assumes closeness that hospitality toward a stranger may not have.

  • professional

    compassionately

    when sensitivity to pain shapes the response

    not when Compassionately introduces suffering and is too grave for cheerful inclusion.

  • formal

    cordially

    when polite goodwill is appropriate in an invitation or letter

    not when Cordial action may remain conventional rather than heartfelt.

  • literary

    openheartedly

    when candor and emotional generosity appear together

    not when Openheartedly can emphasize frank self-disclosure rather than help for others.

  • literary

    tenderly

    when gentleness toward someone vulnerable carries the scene

    not when Tenderly suggests softness and intimacy, not broad social generosity.

Said against

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  • coldly
  • selfishly
  • indifferently

It naturally appears in

3
  • warmheartedly welcomed

    The residents warmheartedly welcomed every family displaced by the flood.

  • warmheartedly offered

    She warmheartedly offered her spare room for the visiting nurse.

  • warmheartedly embraced

    The old teammates warmheartedly embraced after years apart.

The word family

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Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.