hearty

CEFRB2

/ˈhɑɹti/

adjective

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We, full of hearty tears / For our good father's loss
c. 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent, act IV, scene I
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
Broccoli florets come into play as a hearty stand-in. These green bits bring texture and color to the plate. Our meals got a revamp with broccoli. It made dishes pop.
2025 February 3, Andrew Gray, “7 Tasty Green Peas Substitutes: Explore New Flavors”, in CooksCrafter
“Ay, ay,” muttered the chief mate, as they rolled out of then-boats and swaggered on deck, “it’s your turn now, but it will be mine before long. Yaw about while you may, my hearties, I’ll do the yawing after the anchor’s up.”
1849, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Redburn. His First Voyage

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Equivalent to heart + -y.