heartly
advEtymology From Middle English hertly, hertliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly; virorously”), equivalent to heart + -ly.
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Archaic In a hearty or heart-felt manner; cordially; heartily
heartly
adjUK /ˈhɑːtli/ · US /ˈhɑɹtli/
Etymology From Middle English hertly, hertely, hertelyche, from Old English *heortlīċ, *ġeheortlīċ (attested only as an adverb: ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly, virorously”)), equivalent to heart + -ly.
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Rare 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:
- He said the sword was a “heartly present” because it had been hand-made by its donor.2001, Charles Neider, Edge of the World:
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- 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:
- Out of the largest and deepest well of everlasting life in the most open wound in Christ's blessed side seize up deepest and heartliest water of joy and bliss without end, beholding there inwardly how Christ Jesu, God and man, to bring thee to everlasting life, […]2012, Andrew Burnham, Aidan Nichols, Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham:
- Derived terms
- heartliness