Synonyms of heartily

heartily

adverb

ˈhär-tə-lē 

1

as in cheerfully

in a cheerful or happy manner

the parishioners laughed heartily at the pastor's good-natured quips

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerfully
• happily
• brightly
• joyfully
• gayly
• smilingly
• merrily
• cheerily
• jovially
• jocosely
• mirthfully
• gaily
• joyously
• exuberantly
• giddily
• laughingly
• gladly
• amusedly
• lightheartedly
• blithely
• friendly
• good-naturedly
• amicably
• breezily
• jocularly
• rapturously
• optimistically
• sunnily
• hopefully
• good-humoredly
• blissfully
• sanguinely
• friendlily
• gigglingly
• elatedly
• euphorically
• blithesomely
• gladsomely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavily
• unhappily
• miserably
• darkly
• morosely
• bleakly
• dejectedly
• abjectly
• sorrowfully
• despondently
• disconsolately
• wretchedly
• mournfully
• sternly
• dolefully
• plaintively
• forlornly
• sullenly
• cheerlessly
• sourly
• glumly
• dispiritedly
• sulkily
• gloomily
• dourly
• dismally
• pessimistically
• drearily
• dolorously
• blackly
• mirthlessly

2

as in fully

to a full extent or degree

I am heartily tired of this spring-cleaning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fully
• completely
• totally
• quite
• perfectly
• all
• thoroughly
• utterly
• wholly
• well
• even
• entirely
• fast
• absolutely
• exactly
• wide
• entire
• out
• soundly
• enough
• all the way
• for fair
• altogether
• to pieces
• dead
• at length
• in whole
• clean
• flat
• full
• down to the ground
• to bits
• all over
• basically
• down the line
• through and through
• unqualifiedly
• to the max
• categorically
• all of
• to the hilt
• generally
• substantially
• plumb
• greatly
• mostly
• largely
• generously
• cold
• downright
• plain
• chiefly
• principally
• copiously
• mainly
• abundantly
• primarily
• predominantly
• by and large
• more or less
• predominately
• hands down
• overall
• stone-cold
• stone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partially
• partly
• halfway
• just
• slightly
• half
• scarcely
• incompletely
• hardly
• somewhat
• superficially
• minimally
• barely
• marginally
• part
• approximately
• roughly
• kind of

Examples of heartily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Indeed, the audience stood up for the entirety of Baby and Slim’s acceptance speeches, heartily applauding at various intervals. —Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 28 June 2024

Commenters heartily approved of the Cats’ over the top, raucous celebrations. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024

This is the history in the making to which Biden heartily signs his name. —Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024

Scott and Pugh reviewed Ceron’s work, both laughing heartily over a haiku Ceron had turned in. —Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024