heartily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈhɑrtəli/ UK /ˈhɑːtɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adv
in a warm, sincere, or vigorous manner

He laughed heartily and clapped his old friend on the back.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a warm, sincere, or... warmly sincerely enthusiastically cordially vigorously earnestly

Opposites

coldlyhalfheartedlyreluctantly

Word family

Related forms heart hearty heartiness

Etymology

From hearty plus the adverbial suffix -ly; hearty derives from heart, from Old English heorte ('heart'), from Proto-Germanic *hertô.

heorte Old English *hertô Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# heartily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɑrtəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɑːtɪli/

## Meanings
1. in a warm, sincere, or vigorous manner

## Examples
- He laughed heartily and clapped his old friend on the back.

## Synonyms
- warmly
- sincerely
- enthusiastically
- cordially
- vigorously
- earnestly

## Antonyms
- coldly
- halfheartedly
- reluctantly

## Related Forms
- heart
- hearty
- heartiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: heorte
- Root: *hertô

## Etymology
From hearty plus the adverbial suffix -ly; hearty derives from heart, from Old English heorte ('heart'), from Proto-Germanic *hertô.

## AI Etymology
Heartily comes from hearty plus the adverbial suffix -ly; hearty derives from heart, from Old English heorte ('heart'), from Proto-Germanic *hertô. The etymological trail includes Old English heorte and Proto-Germanic *hertô. As an adverb, heartily means in a warm, sincere, or vigorous manner. The same family is visible in related forms such as heart, hearty, and heartiness. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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