gentle-heartedness
See also: gentleheartedness
English
Alternative forms
- gentleheartedness
Etymology
gentle-hearted + -ness
Noun
gentle-heartedness (uncountable)
- Kindness and compassion.
- 2008, Albert Bigelow Paine, A Short Life of Mark Twain, →ISBN, page 7:
- There was a halo about everything that Uncle John did, the radiance that goes with great kindness, the jovial gentle-heartedness of a humane man.
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- Meekness, mildness.
- 2008, Robert J. Spitzer, Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People, →ISBN, page 47:
- Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place, and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle.
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- (archaic) Refinement; high-born graciousness.
- 2003, Darussalam, Child Companions around the Prophet, →ISBN, page 19:
- And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.
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