as in enthusiastic
characterized by unqualified enthusiasm
wholehearted praise for the novel by the leading critics
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Recent Examples of wholehearted
There’s so much attentiveness and wholehearted care that goes into not just showing off, but embodying the resort itself.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The New Yorker article ends with the Harlem Park Three receiving a letter of apology from Bishop and accepting his words with wholehearted gratitude and respect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Across advertising and popular media, seemingly everyone is grabbing their fringe, denim and Stetson boots, in a wholehearted embrace of the American West.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
My prayer in that tight spot required me to turn away from panic to wholehearted trust that God was in control right then and there.
—Cheryl Ranson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
The New Yorker article ends with the Harlem Park Three receiving a letter of apology from Bishop and accepting his words with wholehearted gratitude and respect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
Across advertising and popular media, seemingly everyone is grabbing their fringe, denim and Stetson boots, in a wholehearted embrace of the American West.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
My prayer in that tight spot required me to turn away from panic to wholehearted trust that God was in control right then and there.
—Cheryl Ranson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholehearted
Adjective
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Harmony and an enthusiastic attitude between soldiers are preferred and essential, especially in combat.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The clips have accumulated millions of views and many enthusiastic comments from Western audiences.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In China, OpenClaw has received a particularly fervent welcome among AI enthusiasts and novices alike.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fly the Flag of European Alliances Some European public broadcasters are fervent believers on Europe going it alone.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Malinin, at the post-skate press conference following his world title victory, made his thoughts known in a passionate plea to the ISU (International Skating Union).—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fans are going to be passionate.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His grandfather had been an ardent Zionist who, in 1975, sold his house, on Long Island, and moved to Beersheba, a city in southern Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some of the silence is designed to amplify the missing, the previously ignored, the co-opted, the terrorized, the gaslighted, and excluded voices of the country’s most ardent supporters of a multiracial democracy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Verbal commitments should lead to genuine action, even if we’re intimidated by what must be done.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The service Utterly Balinese and therefore utterly lovely—all smiles and genuine ‘how-has-your-day-beens’.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Wholehearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholehearted. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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