heartly
/ˈhɑɹtli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "'[…] I wish you very good fortune.' He found a card of his own. 'If I can be of any help to you' His hand was gripped. 'Very kind indeed. My heartliest thanks.' The man bowed and strode off into the mist."
- "‘Oh yes, we’ll probably be wolfing down pasty jambics and swigging away at great black jacks of swingeing ale in no time now,’ he went on heartly."
- "He said the sword was a “heartly present” because it had been hand-made by its donor."
- "Great scarcity of every necessary of life in this house but the man is glad to see us, and gives us the best he has got with a heartly welcome."
- "“Heartly,” he said—they celebrated in a heartly way,” and two days later now, I can't even remember the Hindi word, but the concept remains, and how am I going to give this up?"
- "Out of the largest and deepest well of everlasting life in the most open wound in Christ's blessed side seize up deepest and heartliest water of joy and bliss without end, beholding there inwardly how Christ Jesu, God and man, to bring thee to everlasting life, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English hertly, hertely, hertelyche, from Old English *heortlīċ, *ġeheortlīċ (attested only as an adverb: ġeheortlīċe (“thoroughly, virorously”)), equivalent to heart + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑɹtli/
- British English: /ˈhɑːtli/
Usage
Inflected Forms
heartlier (comparative)
more heartly (comparative)
heartliest (superlative)
most heartly (superlative)