large-heartedadj.

1607 tr. Turkes Secretorie 19 To be large hearted, and liberally handed towards all men [L. Liberalitate in omnes uti], what else is it in very deed, but to deserue the hearts and tongues of all men?

1643 Two Speeches Delivered Guild-hall 13 Your former large-hearted expressions, both of affection and care for the preservation both of the Parliament and Kingdome.

1702 T. Copping Ruine & Safety of Nation 24 Let us be large-hearted and open-handed to the Poor.

1789 D. Simpson Disc. Beneficence 36 Charitable and large-hearted persons.

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. ii. 22 We see some men large-hearted and generous, denying themselves, almost above measure.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 17 It is strange to contrast his niggard concessions with the large-hearted statements of Roman Catholics of other days.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. Pref. 27 Large-hearted and open-handed too he was, when a real case was brought before him.

1929 G. Goodwin Conversat. with G. Moore xxvi. 161 Richard Wormald was..a large-hearted millionaire if ever there was one.

1997 New Yorker 28 July 8/1 The show is based on Cline's relationship with a fan in Houston, played with large-hearted gusto by Margo Martindale.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvii. 182 In regard of Reasonable and Spiritual Desires, The effects of this affection are: Large-heartedness and Liberality.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxiii, in Writings I. 241 The cobbler..being mightily touched by the large-heartedness of Blast.

1989 E. Hoffman Lost in Transl. ii. 114 A sense of disadvantage and inferiority is not a position from which one can feel the largeheartedness of true generosity.

2011 R. Hanson Just One Thing 81 You may feel moved to be generous in turn..but it will come from large-heartedness, not because you think you owe something.