What is earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon. Note: See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc called?

heartedness — Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon. Note: See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc. (Webster's 1913.)

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