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heartier Definition


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hearty
adj heartier, heartiest
    1. Very friendly and warm in manner.
      Thesaurus: genial, cordial, cheery, jovial, friendly, effusive, warm; Antonym: cold, emotionless, false.
    2. Strong, vigorous or enthusiastic.
      Example: hale and hearty
      Thesaurus: vigorous, healthy, robust, hardy, hale.
    3. Heartfelt.
      Example: a hearty dislike of examinations
    4. Said of a meal, or an appetite: large.
noun hearties
    colloq:
    1. A hearty person, especially one who is very keen on sports.
    2. A comrade, especially a sailor.
Derivative: heartily
adverb
    In a vigorous or enthusiastic way
      Thesaurus: enthusiastically, earnestly, vigorously, energetically, keenly, zealously, eagerly, warmly.
adverb
    To a very large or total degree
      Thesaurus: completely, absolutely, thoroughly, totally, wholly; genuinely, sincerely, profoundly, resolutely.
Derivative: heartiness
noun


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