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# hearty

adjective (hearty, heartier, heartiest)

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

## Everyday

1. Loud, cheerful and friendly: a hearty laugh, a hearty welcome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#m1)
2. (of food) Large, warm and filling: a hearty breakfast, hearty soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#m2)
3. Strong and healthy: hale and hearty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#m3)
4. Sincere and strongly felt: hearty thanks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#m4)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#m5)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x1)
- Grandad gave a hearty laugh at my joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x2)
- The farmer gave us a hearty welcome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x3)
- Hearty soup is perfect on a cold winter day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x4)
- Great-gran is 95 and still hale and hearty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x5)
- The team gave hearty thanks to their coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x6)
- Didst never want to be a pirate, my hearty?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearty/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hearty/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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