Meanings
comparative more heartily · superlative most heartily
- In a hearty manner.
eat heartily
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greet someone heartily
Sometimes he laughed heartily as if he heard some capital joke; by degrees this lessened, and he spoke rapidly, but in very low tones.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 166Synonyms: with a will, agood
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a hearty manner.
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Origin
- Old Englishġeheortlīċe“whole-heartedly, vigorously”
- Middle Englishhertely
- Englishheartily
From Middle English hertely, herteliche, heorteliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“whole-heartedly, vigorously”), equivalent to hearty + -ly.
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Bulgarian искрено, сърдечно
- искрено (iskreno)in a hearty manner
- сърдечно (sărdečno)in a hearty manner
Finnish sydämellisesti, lämpimästi
- sydämellisestiin a hearty manner
- lämpimästiin a hearty manner
French chaleureusement, chaudement
- chaleureusementin a hearty manner
- chaudementin a hearty manner
German herzlich
- herzlichin a hearty manner
Hungarian szívesen, szívélyesen
- szívesenin a hearty manner
- szívélyesenin a hearty manner
Italian caldamente, sentitamente
- caldamentein a hearty manner
- sentitamentein a hearty manner
- giovialmentein a hearty manner
Latin frāternē
- frāternēin a hearty manner
Polish serdecznie
- serdeczniein a hearty manner
Portuguese cordialmente
- cordialmentein a hearty manner
Russian серде́чно
- серде́чно (serdéčno)in a hearty manner
Spanish con ganas
- con ganasin a hearty manner
Ukrainian серде́чно
- серде́чно (serdéčno)in a hearty manner
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Cite this entry
heartily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartily
“heartily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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