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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
whole-hearted
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
whole-hearted/enthusiastic support
▪ I want you to know that you have my whole-hearted support.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although, the idea doesn't get whole-hearted backing from Grendon's Governor.
▪ Cliff was always a whole-hearted player and, with his carefully cultivated sideburns, was held in high regard by Palace fans.
▪ Harry's appreciation is even more whole-hearted than he expects.
▪ It is not simply a matter of a verbal profession but of whole-hearted, life-yielding response.
▪ Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.
▪ She was also impatient with a number of departments for displaying less than whole-hearted devotion to her policies.
▪ This makes difficult to offer less then whole-hearted and enthusiastic endorsement of the final product.
▪ Though I wouldn't bet on women's whole-hearted support for their pathetic sister.

Usage examples of "whole-hearted".

Twenty-two thousand regular troops were on the spot who might hope to be reinforced by some ten thousand colonials, but these forces had to cover a great frontier, the attitude of Cape Colony was by no means whole-hearted and might become hostile, while the black population might conceivably throw in its weight against us.

He'd seen a great-uncle who had long ago gone up the ladder to success, the ladder they kept pushing Ross up, had seen Momak co-opted by the kickers, whole-hearted in his ruthless tromping on the heads of his kin.