heartily

adverb

ˈhär-tə-lē How to pronounce heartily (audio)
Definition of heartilynext
1
as in cheerfully
in a cheerful or happy manner the parishioners laughed heartily at the pastor's good-natured quips

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2
as in fully
to a full extent or degree I am heartily tired of this spring-cleaning

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Recent Examples of heartily Best Restaurants LaltroBaffo Puglia’s seafood is almost as famous as its orecchiette, and both Sambati and Waldon heartily recommend trying it at LaltroBaffo, an Otranto restaurant helmed by chef Cristina Conte, who turns out sophisticated takes on traditional Salento recipes. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026 The race will be run, and heartily so, but at Laurel. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 At the surrounding tables patrons were talking, laughing, slapping one another heartily on the back. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 Holloway, Hartman, the background singers, and the orchestration interlock so heartily that the affirmation searched for at the song’s start arrives. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for heartily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heartily
  1. cheerfully
  2. fully
  3. happily
  4. completely
  5. totally
  6. quite
  7. perfectly
  8. all
Adverb
  • The jokes are still wildly scattershot and frequently, knowingly lame; the production is still cheap and cheerfully scrappy; the whole ragged enterprise is still reliant on the evident affection and chemistry between its players to hold it together.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Dining here is a bit like a Reddit AMA, with Bognar or fellow chefs cheerfully explaining their techniques.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
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  • Trade data show China has fully transitioned from providing mostly low cost manufacturing to supplying vital machinery and components for advanced manufacturing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In Hrubec’s lab, the malformations took a different form — neural tube defects similar to spina bifida in humans, in which parts of the spinal column fail to close, or anencephaly, where the skull and brain never fully develop.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of fully
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  • These vines will also happily wind their way around tree trunks and shrubs and fix themselves in place with small rootlets that take on a hairy appearance as poison ivy plants mature.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His child, who had once vomited silently in the bathtub, then gone on playing happily with her bath toys.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of happily
Adverb
  • Solar eclipse watchers have for centuries vividly described an eerie phenomenon known as shadow bands that appears just before and after totality — the period when the moon completely blocks the sun’s light and the sky goes dark.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • After baking, make sure your bread is cooled completely on a wire rack.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of completely
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  • Matiere Premiere’s Metal Lavender, however, is totally modern.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Today the farm and its Produce Stand are still totally run by volunteers with all produce either sold at the stand or donated to charity.
    — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of totally
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  • But none of the more precise terms quite roll off the tongue.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That’s true even as there’s been a steady clip of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries, some of them quite alarming, and even as a new, more powerful AI model is released by an American or Chinese lab seemingly every week.
    — Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of quite
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  • Rigney and Gere play this back-and-forth perfectly, the instantly emerging tension between them barely concealed behind tight smiles.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The 13-inch Apple iPad Air with the M3 chip won our Editors' Choice award specifically for students and creators, and PCMag expert Eric Zeman praised it for perfectly balancing performance and price in our review.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of perfectly
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  • As opposed to grander, more institutional museums which can feel staid or imposing, the staff here are all warm and welcoming.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Many of those charges, all from 2022, were dropped or dismissed.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
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