adj
Meaning 1
Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adj
Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a hearty or heart-felt manner; cordially; heartily
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
From Middle English hertly, hertely, hertelyche, from Old English *heortlīċ, *ġeheortlīċ (attested only as an adverb: ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly, virorously”)), equivalent to heart + -ly.
From Middle English hertly, hertliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly; virorously”), equivalent to heart + -ly.