heartfelt

adj
/ˈhɑːt.fɛlt/UK/ˈhɑːɹt.fɛlt/US

Etymology

From heart + felt.

  1. derived from *pilto
  2. inherited from *felt
  3. inherited from felt
  4. inherited from felt
  5. compounded as heartfelt — “heart + felt

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at heartfelt. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01heartfelt02deeply03greatly04magnanimously05magnanimous06noble07conduct08directing09direct10sincere

A definitional loop anchored at heartfelt. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at heartfelt

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA