bighearted

bighearted
bighearted [big′här΄tid]
adj.
quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
bigheartedly
adv.

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big·heart·ed (bĭgʹhärʹtĭd) adj.
Generous; kind.
  bigʹheartʹed·ly adv. bigʹheartʹed·ness n.

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