Hugh laughed heartily at the joke.heartilyheart‧i‧ly /ˈhɑːtəli $ ˈhɑːr-/ adverb 
‘Great to see you,’ she said heartily. Hugh laughed heartily at the joke.2completely or very much: This is a book I heartily recommend to all hill walkers. Madge had become heartily sick of the city.3eat heartily to eat a large amount
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Ryan laughed heartily.
- Franklin Roosevelt, who equated wealth with energy and idealism, heartily endorsed the appointment.
- He was nineteen, not uncomely, and Topaz disliked him most heartily.
- How could she eat so heartily and never put an ounce on her bony frame?
- Lawyers on both sides of the Simpson case heartily endorse that sentiment.
- Leonora was heartily glad to wave her off to her party.
- Nestor made them heartily welcome, but about the object of their coming he could give them little help.
- She was heartily glad when they were installed at last in front of the fire, trays on knees.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Hugh laughed heartily at the joke. This is a book I heartily recommend to all hill walkers. Madge had become heartily sick of the city.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Hugh laughed heartily at the joke. This is a book I heartily recommend to all hill walkers. Madge had become heartily sick of the city. especially written (=laugh a lot)· Misha laughed heartily throughout the play.
(=strongly and enthusiastically)· I heartily recommend the cheese sandwiches.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The next ball, the bowler, by now heartily sick of the sight of my man, dug one in short.
VERB· We ate heartily every night, we could afford croissants at breakfast, and we stopped scrounging for cigarettes.· Aunt Tossie, now in the full regalia of her widow's weeds, was eating heartily but in a subdued way.· Stephen took several and ate heartily.· All through the meal he picked at his food, while Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man.· He always ate heartily on these occasions.
· This they did two or three times, forgetting my presence, and laughed heartily at the mistake.· He too laughs heartily, his face growing red with sake.· Pearce laughs heartily at the recollection.· At this, Kay Collins laughs heartily.· Derek, laughing heartily, gave me the key and I let myself in to meet my birthday present.· Across the room, a table of young men in fitted shirts is laughing heartily and splashing out wine.
· I would heartily recommend this piece of shareware to any Windows 3.1 user.· Well, we heartily recommend against loading your assault rifle and heading for the mall.· This is a book I heartily recommend to al hill walkers.· For your daily requirement of vino e cucina, I heartily recommend Vino e Cucino.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- All through the meal he picked at his food, while Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man.
- Aunt Tossie, now in the full regalia of her widow's weeds, was eating heartily but in a subdued way.
- He always ate heartily on these occasions.
- Stephen took several and ate heartily.
- We ate heartily every night, we could afford croissants at breakfast, and we stopped scrounging for cigarettes.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveheartened ≠ disheartenedheartening ≠ dishearteningheartlessheartynounheartheartlessnessheartinessadverbheartilyheartlesslyhearteningly ≠ dishearteninglyverbhearten ≠ dishearten
1with energy and enjoyment: ‘Great to see you,’ she said heartily. Hugh laughed heartily at the joke.2completely or very much: This is a book I heartily recommend to all hill walkers. Madge had become heartily sick of the city.3eat heartily to eat a large amount