Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Expressed warmly, exuberantly, and unrestrainedly: a hearty welcome.
- adj. Complete or thorough; unequivocal: hearty support.
- adj. Vigorous; robust: a hearty glow of health.
- adj. Enjoying or requiring much food: a hearty appetite.
- adj. Providing abundant nourishment; substantial: a hearty meal.
- n. A good fellow; a comrade.
- n. A sailor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Influenced by or proceeding from the heart; heartfelt; sincere; zealous: as, to be hearty in support of a project; a hearty welcome; a hearty laugh.
- Full of health; exhibiting strength; sound; strong; healthy: as, a hearty man.
- Adapted for, affording, using, or requiring strong or abundant nourishment: as, hearty food; a hearty dinner; a hearty eater or appetite.
- Bold; courageous.
- Synonyms Hearty, Cordial, Sincere; real, unfeigned, unaffected, heartfelt, earnest, ardent, eager. Hearty means having the heart in a thing, warmly interested in favor of something, and acting so as to show this feeling; proceeding straight from the heart, and manifested outwardly. Cordial is rather applied to feelings cherished or felt in the heart, heartfelt, or the outward expression of such feelings: as, cordial love; cordial hatred; cordial desires. Sincere means devoid of deceit or pretense, implying that the sentiments and the outward expression of them are in consonance.
- Active, vigorous, robust, hale.
- n. A seaman's familiar form of address: as, come here, my hearties.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
- adj. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
- adj. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
- n. : Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager.
- adj. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak.
- adj. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant.
- n. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- adj. consuming abundantly and with gusto
- adj. without reservation
- adj. providing abundant nourishment
- adj. endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
Examples
“I doubt if I ever told you that in the old days, when experimenting with the animals, I found that my will -- or brain-power, if you prefer the term -- worked torpidly for a while after meals, although, as you know, I was never what they call a hearty feeder.”
“She rang for me, to see how I was getting on with my needlework -- and she was what I call hearty, for the first time since”
“Well, that's what I call hearty!" continued the ruffian, following his example.”
“Members assimilated in hearty courtesy of a Falstaffian Bard's birthday take a break of final Apr hosted by Messrs. Friedman, Madeira, as good as Pope.”
“A bronzed and bearded man met them at the top and gripped their hands in hearty fellowship.”
“The cake is packed with berries and is fairly hearty from a mixture of plain and while grain flour.”
“When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes.”
“Charles V of Spain, in hearty approval of the sentence, hastened to make a gift to Oaxaca of a clock, complete with striking mechanism.”
Did you know? Mexico was a very different place fifty years ago
“In fact Clark came out in hearty defense of Obama the other day, and I'm sure that was noticed and well-received.”
“I served the tortilla loaf in hearty slices with some roasted garlic salsa for a heavenly one-dish meal.”
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