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hearty
[ hahr-tee ]
adjective
- warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial:
a hearty welcome.
- genuine; sincere; heartfelt:
hearty approval; hearty dislike.
- completely devoted; wholehearted:
hearty support.
- exuberant; unrestrained:
hearty laughter.
- violent; forceful:
a hearty push; a hearty kick.
- physically vigorous; strong and well:
hale and hearty.
- substantial; abundant; nourishing:
a hearty meal.
- enjoying or requiring abundant food:
a hearty appetite.
- (of soil) fertile.
noun
- a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- a sailor.
hearty
/ ˈhɑːtɪ /
adjective
- warm and unreserved in manner or behaviour
- vigorous and enthusiastic
a hearty slap on the back
- sincere and heartfelt
hearty dislike
- healthy and strong (esp in the phrase hale and hearty )
- substantial and nourishing
noun
- a comrade, esp a sailor
- a vigorous sporting man
a rugby hearty
Derived Forms
- ˈheartiness, noun
Other Words From
- hearti·ness noun
- over·hearti·ness noun
- over·hearty adjective
- quasi-hearty adjective
- super·hearti·ness noun
- super·hearty adjective
- un·hearty adjective
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see hale and hearty .Example Sentences
Guests are pretty hearty and they also quarantine six months out of the year because of the weather, but these are the same people that grill outside in the winter and have fire pits in their backyards.
This annual celebration of Bavarian craft beer, food and lederhosen features hearty fare for the inner bear.
With an above-average size, this pan can hold hearty amounts of soup, sauces, or side dishes.
The people here are just hearty and skilled in so many ways, with tractors, chainsaws, grading, knowing flora and fauna.
Pre-lockdown, I always rewarded myself for going to the gym with a hearty takeout meal immediately afterward.
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
Asked what kind of support he got from rank-and-file Democrats, he paused before replying with a hearty laugh.
On vacation in Crete, Michlin and his wife were looking for a good, hearty meal.
So the question was, how do we design a chip hearty, while keeping it thin?
Such men complain about being seen as “pieces of meat,” but the complaints rarely seem hearty, or fully meant.
Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.
Great preparations had been made, and the success must have been perfect to win so general and hearty a commendation.
He had a red, jolly face, divided unequally by a great black moustache, and his manner was hearty.
The nod of assent was given, and the permission put in force with hearty good will.
This was a very strong expression of approbation, and an uncommonly hearty welcome from a person of Mr. Sikess temperament.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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