Definition of "heartsome" [heart•some]

• Pleasant, delightful (adjective)

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• "The plantation was large, heartsome, faced the sun, swarmed with little black urchins, with plenty to eat, and nothing to do."
• "And yet -- What if Gaunt did not quite appreciate his girl, see how deep-hearted she was, how heartsome a thing to look at even when she was asleep?"
• "Her brother had had the habit, too, since he was a boy, of bringing everything pretty or pleasant he found to his sister; he had a fancy that he was making her life bigger and more heartsome by it, and would have it all right after"