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Definition: DEAD-HEARTED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dead-heartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dead-heartedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dead-hearted.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Dead-hearted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DEAD-HEARTED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dead-heartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(dead-heartedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dead-hearted.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DEAD-HEARTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)