heartily
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hertely, herteliche, heorteliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“whole-heartedly, vigorously”), equivalent to hearty + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːtɪli/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹtɪli/
- Hyphenation: heart‧i‧ly
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Adverb
[edit]heartily (comparative more heartily, superlative most heartily)
- In a hearty manner.
- eat heartily
- greet someone heartily
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 166:
- Sometimes he laughed heartily as if he heard some capital joke; by degrees this lessened, and he spoke rapidly, but in very low tones.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]in a hearty manner
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