hearty

Everyday

1. Loud, cheerful and friendly: a hearty laugh, a hearty welcome. tree →
2. (of food) Large, warm and filling: a hearty breakfast, hearty soup. tree →
3. Strong and healthy: hale and hearty. tree →
4. Sincere and strongly felt: hearty thanks. tree →
5. Hearty can also be a friendly way of addressing someone, as in "my hearty", an old sailor's word for a good mate. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life «hearty» describes big meals after a cold walk, and loud, warm greetings. In stories it describes jolly characters like sailors, farmers or Father Christmas. Phrases: a hearty meal, hearty laugh, hale and hearty, hearty congratulations.

Examples

• We had a hearty breakfast of porridge and eggs. tree →
• Grandad gave a hearty laugh at my joke. tree →
• The farmer gave us a hearty welcome. tree →
• Hearty soup is perfect on a cold winter day. tree →
• Great-gran is 95 and still hale and hearty. tree →
• The team gave hearty thanks to their coach. tree →
• Didst never want to be a pirate, my hearty?” tree →

Note

Comparative: heartier, heartiest. Adverb: heartily (eat heartily, laugh heartily). Different from «heartfelt» (deeply sincere) and from «hardy» (tough, able to survive hard conditions).

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life «hearty» describes big meals after a cold walk, and loud, warm greetings. In stories it describes jolly characters like sailors, farmers or Father Christmas. Phrases: a hearty meal, hearty laugh, hale and hearty, hearty congratulations.

Examples

• Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. (Writings PRO.27.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Comparative: heartier, heartiest. Adverb: heartily (eat heartily, laugh heartily). Different from «heartfelt» (deeply sincere) and from «hardy» (tough, able to survive hard conditions).