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adjective

Hearty adj. (compar. heartier; superl. heartiest)

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. "Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss."

Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty man; hearty timber.

Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.

Synonyms: Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial; earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous. Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them.

noun

Hearty n. (pl. hearties) Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

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Etymology of 'Hearty'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... advantage of the political disunity of the peninsula to divide his local enemies and thereby to assure the victory of his own cause. Two popes of the sixteenth century belonged to the powerful Florentine family of the Medici—Florence remained loyal. The hearty support of the Emperor Charles V preserved the orthodoxy of Naples, and that of Philip II stamped out heresy in the ...

— A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. • Carlton J. H. Hayes

... sooth! right bauld ye set your nose out, As plump and gray as onie grozet; [gooseberry] O for some rank mercurial rozet, [rosin] Or fell red smeddum! [deadly, dust] I'd gie you sic a hearty doze o't, ...

— Robert Burns - How To Know Him • William Allan Neilson

... funny bone hasn't got goin' right after me expectin' to see that feller blowed to ribbons an' remnants. But them others—say, I've seen men sittin' comfortable in an armchair seat at a roof-garden vaudeville that couldn't raise as hearty a laugh at the prize antics of the thousand dollar star comedian, as them fellers ...

— Action Front • Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart)

... unexpected fortune of going to be married! The lady is my cousin Miss Emma Wedgwood, the sister of Hensleigh Wedgwood, and of the elder brother who married my sister, so we are connected by manifold ties, besides on my part, by the most sincere love and hearty gratitude to her for accepting ...

— More Letters of Charles Darwin - Volume I (of II) • Charles Darwin

... table near him stood a black bottle, an empty trencher, and a thick scatter of crumbs, showing that the old notary had despatched a hearty breakfast before commencing his present work of ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

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