heartly
UK/ˈhɑːtli/US/ˈhɑɹtli/
heartly adjective: full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty.
Adjective
heartly (comparative heartlier or more heartly, superlative heartliest or most heartly)
- Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
- '[…] I wish you very good fortune.' He found a card of his own. 'If I can be of any help to you' His hand was gripped. 'Very kind indeed. My heartliest thanks.' The man bowed and strode off into the mist.1926, Sir Hugh Walpole, Harmer John: an unworldly story
- ‘Oh yes, we’ll probably be wolfing down pasty jambics and swigging away at great black jacks of swingeing ale in no time now,’ he went on heartly.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 35
Adverb
heartly (comparative heartlier or more heartly, superlative heartliest or most heartly)
Examples of heartly in a sentence
- He said the sword was a “heartly present” because it had been hand-made by its donor.2001, Charles Neider, Edge of the World:
- Great scarcity of every necessary of life in this house but the man is glad to see us, and gives us the best he has got with a heartly welcome.2009, Harold B. Gill Jr., George M. Curtis III, A Man Apart: The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774 - 1781:
- “Heartly,” he said—they celebrated in a heartly way,” and two days later now, I can't even remember the Hindi word, but the concept remains, and how am I going to give this up?2009, Katherine Russell Rich, Dreaming in Hindi:
Forms of heartly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | heartlier |
| comparative | more heartly |
| superlative | heartliest |
| superlative | most heartly |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | heartlier |
| comparative | more heartly |
| superlative | heartliest |
| superlative | most heartly |
Origin of heartly
From Middle English hertly, hertely, hertelyche, from Old English *heortlīċ, *ġeheortlīċ (attested only as an adverb: ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly, virorously”)), equivalent to heart + -ly.
From Middle English hertly, hertliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly; virorously”), equivalent to heart + -ly.
Words formed from heartly
Questions about heartly
- What does heartly mean?
- Heartly means full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty.
- How do you use heartly in a sentence?
- He said the sword was a “heartly present” because it had been hand-made by its donor.
- What part of speech is heartly?
- Heartly can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce heartly?
- Heartly is pronounced /ˈhɑːtli/ (UK).
Words near heartly in the dictionary
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