heartily

«heartily» in Mova's school dictionary: With a lot of energy, warmth and enjoyment, as in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) With a lot of energy, warmth and enjoyment, as in «laughed heartily» or «ate heartily». tree →

2) Completely; very much, as in «heartily sick of» or «heartily agree». tree →

sense 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 →
• Grandpa laughed heartily at the joke. tree →
• We were heartily welcomed by our hosts. tree →
• I am heartily sick of this rain! tree →
• I heartily agree with you. tree →
• Mole and Rat ate heartily in Badger's warm kitchen. tree →
• And overhead sat Halfman, laughing heartily. tree →

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».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heartily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.