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Adjective: hearty (heartier,heartiest)  haa(r)-tee
  1. Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
    "a hearty welcome"
     
  2. Providing abundant nourishment
    "a hearty meal"
    - satisfying, solid, square, substantial
     
  3. Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
    "a hearty glow of health"
    - full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded
     
  4. Consuming abundantly and with gusto
    "a hearty (or healthy) appetite"
     
  5. Without reservation
    "hearty support"

Derived forms: heartier, heartiest

See also: complete, healthy, heart, heartily, heartiness, warm, wholesome