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Hearty

adjective

(compar. heartier; superl. heartiest)

Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness. "A hearty welcome"

Providing abundant nourishment. Synonyms: satisfying, solid, square, substantial. "Good solid food" , "Ate a substantial breakfast" , "Four square meals a day"

Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health. Synonyms: full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded.

Consuming abundantly and with gusto.

Without reservation.

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"Hearty" Quotes from Famous Books

... She did not bless it in words, but when she saw that Ludwig would not renounce his undertaking, she pressed her lips to the standard which bore the patrona Hungaria. That was her blessing! Then she turned and flung herself into Katharina's arms, sobbing, while hearty cheers rose ...

— The Nameless Castle • Maurus Jokai

... day, and he was tired and disappointed and discouraged. He had walked three miles over to the village and back to get that puppy, and now he had to walk a mile more to give it away. He had no doubt whatever as to the disposal of it; he knew Sammy Tucker would give it a hearty welcome, for there was an understanding to that effect. Benjamin had been a little doubtful as to the reception the puppy might have from his grandfather; but when Mr. Dyer, who kept the village grocery store, had offered it to ...

— Young Lucretia and Other Stories • Mary E. Wilkins

... from receives one and the same kind of treatment, so that no opinion he assails has any special reason to complain; and every blow he deals is accompanied with such a jolly smile, sometimes verging into a hearty laugh, that no opponent can well refuse to shake hands with ...

— Arrows of Freethought • George W. Foote

... then noticed he had his bag with him. "Now you're here, Mr. Teddy," said she, "I'd be glad if you'd give th' old clock in the parlour a bit of a look. 'Tis going, and it strikes well and hearty; but the hour-hand won't do nuthin' but point ...

— The Invisible Man • H. G. Wells

... the men of letters at Paris, there was no one for whose works I cherished so hearty an admiration as I did for those of Ivan Tourgueneff, and none in whose personality I felt so profound an interest. Tourgueneff is far from being a model novelist, but his tales are written with ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 • Various

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