heart ‧ y /ˈhɑːti $ ˈhɑːrti/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adjective : heartened ≠ ↑ disheartened , ↑ heartening ≠ ↑ disheartening , ↑ heartless , ↑ hearty ; noun : ↑ heart , ↑ heartlessness , ↑ heartiness ; adverb : ↑ heartily , ↑ heartlessly , ↑ hearteningly ≠ ↑ dishearteningly ; verb : ↑ hearten ≠ ↑ dishearten ]
1 . happy and friendly and usually loud:
a hearty laugh
2 . old-fashioned strong and healthy ⇨ hale and hearty at ↑ hale
3 . a hearty meal is very large
4 . especially British English with a friendly, noisy, and happy manner that is not sincere
—heartiness noun [uncountable]
⇨ ↑ heartily