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rt; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.

Good for the heart. [Obs.]

In any measure; anywise; at all. Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).

The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.

Stout; hearty; lively. [Obs.]

Compliments; greetings. [Obs.] Hearty commends and much endeared love to you. Howell.

A companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.

Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton.

Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare. The devout, devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.

Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers. An earnest advocate to plead for him. Shak.

in any practice; habitual; persistent. He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.

A loud burst of laughter, a horse laugh. "A hearty low guffaw." Carlyle.

Hearty; sincere.

The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

Hearty; heartily. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton.

e the vacant mind. Goldsmith. That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. F. W. Robertson.

question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. Jer. Taylor.

eiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith.