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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness;
- Example: "gave us a cordial reception"
- Example: "a hearty welcome"

2. providing abundant nourishment;
- Example: "a hearty meal"
- Example: "good solid food"
- Example: "ate a substantial breakfast"
- Example: "four square meals a day"
[syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial]

3. endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health;
- Example: "a hearty glow of health"
[syn: hearty, full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded]

4. consuming abundantly and with gusto;
- Example: "a hearty (or healthy) appetite"

5. without reservation;
- Example: "hearty support"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearty \Heart"y\ (h[aum]rt"[y^]), a. [Compar. Heartier
   (h[aum]rt"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Heartiest.]
   1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm;
      cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic;
      active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting
      the government.
      [1913 Webster]

            Full of hearty tears
            For our good father's loss.           --Marston.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a
      hearty man; hearty timber.
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   3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty
      food; a hearty meal.

   Syn: Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial;
        earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous.

   Usage: Hearty, Cordial, Sincere. Hearty implies honesty
          and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers
          to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings
          are expressed; sincere implies that this expression
          corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man
          should be hearty in his attachment to his friends,
          cordial in his reception of them to his house, and
          sincere in his offers to assist them.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearty \Heart"y\, n.; pl. Hearties (h[aum]rt"[i^]z).
   Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar
   address and fellowship among sailors. --Dickens.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hearty
    adj 1: showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a
           cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome"
    2: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid
       food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a
       day" [syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square,
       substantial]
    3: endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a
       hearty glow of health" [syn: hearty, full-blooded,
       lusty, red-blooded]
    4: consuming abundantly and with gusto; "a hearty (or healthy)
       appetite"
    5: without reservation; "hearty support"