Hearty

/ˈhɑɹti/ · adjective

Meaning

Warm and cordial towards another person..

Definitions by Sense

1. Warm and cordial towards another person.
2. Energetic, active or eager.
3. Cheerful; vivacious.
4. Exhibiting strength; firm; courageous.
5. Promoting strength; nourishing.
6. (obsolete or humorous, nautical) a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.

Example Sentences

a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.

We, full of hearty tears / For our good father's loss

Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well.

a hearty appetite

a hearty fellow

a hearty handshake; a hearty timber

hearty food

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Word Forms

• heartier
• heartiest
• hearties

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