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Adjective: hearty (heartier,heartiest)  haa(r)-tee
  1. Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
    "a hearty welcome"; "gave us a hearty reception"
     
  2. Deeply felt
    "hearty support"
     
  3. Providing abundant nourishment
    "a hearty meal";
    - satisfying, solid, square, substantial
     
  4. Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
    "a hearty glow of health";
    - full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded
     
  5. Consuming abundantly and with gusto
    "a hearty (or healthy) appetite"
Noun: hearty  haa(r)-tee
Usage: Brit
  1. A sporty unrefined person
    "The pub was full of hearties watching the rugby match"
     
  2. [Brit, archaic] Comrade, companion, good fellow; a supposed term of familiar address between sailors
    "Ahoy, me hearties!"

Derived forms: heartiest, heartier, hearties

See also: complete, healthy, warm, wholesome

Encyclopedia: Hearty, Paul