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# heartily

adverb

«heartily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. With a lot of energy, warmth and enjoyment, as in «laughed heartily» or «ate heartily». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#m1)
2. Completely; very much, as in «heartily sick of» or «heartily agree». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#m2)

### In the lessons

Common in stories and everyday speech: «laughed heartily», «ate heartily», «welcomed us heartily». «Heartily sick of something» means really tired of it. Badger and Rat eat heartily after their adventures in The Wind in the Willows.

### Examples

- The friends ate heartily after the long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x1)
- Grandpa laughed heartily at the joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x2)
- We were heartily welcomed by our hosts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x3)
- I am heartily sick of this rain! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x4)
- I heartily agree with you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x5)
- Mole and Rat ate heartily in Badger's warm kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x6)
- And overhead sat Halfman, laughing heartily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «hearty» (y → i). Pronounced HAR-ti-lee. It is about energy and warmth, not about the heart organ. «Heartily» in «heartily sick of» is a strong «very».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heartily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heartily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heartily.html) on Mova free.