heartily

From Middle English hertely, herteliche, heorteliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“whole-heartedly, vigorously”), equivalent to hearty +‎ -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtɪli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹtɪli/
• Hyphenation: heart‧i‧ly

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heartily (comparative more heartily, superlative most heartily)

1. 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.

• with a will
• agood

• hale and heartily

• earthily