How to Use heartily in a Sentence

heartily

adverb
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  • I'm heartily sick of their complaints.
  • I heartily recommend the movie.
  • The two then stood face-to-face and shook hands heartily.
    — Colleen Long, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But maybe your fridge is heartily stocked—we’ve got recipes for that too.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Chow saw a man walking up to the nurse, heartily waving a flag.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 24 Apr. 2020
  • At that his dad laughed heartily while his mother winced at the F-bomb.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • When the opera was over, the audience in the House for Mozart applauded the cast heartily.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Aug. 2023
  • It’s not a great surprise that this bill was heartily endorsed by the NAB.
    — Bobby Owsinski, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • This is the history in the making to which Biden heartily signs his name.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • Although far from a gourmet treat, Tim ate heartily, then went back to his room to wait for nine o’clock, when the banks opened.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Her friends, all of them long ago partnered, heartily agree.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Up in the balcony where the honorees sit next to the president, Bono laughed heartily.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Some of us laughed heartily, some of us mused heavily, some of us did both.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Yes, Hulk throws a bench in his rage and Clint is spurred on to perform extra heartily against Thanos.
    — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 12 July 2021
  • Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Cunninghams were impressed that the Prince and Princess of Wales knew the words, singing the anthem heartily when the band played towards the end of the parade.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Scott and Pugh reviewed Ceron’s work, both laughing heartily over a haiku Ceron had turned in.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
  • Those at the top feast heartily, while those below get the leftover table scraps.
    — Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
  • For a few precious hours, the notion will be heartily embraced.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • By the third bottle, Gaines the connoisseur — laughing heartily — knew he’d been had.
    — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Ayn Rand, one presumes, would heartily approve — as the long minutes tick by.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The crowd, assembled at the checkpoint in spite of the early hour and chilly conditions, cheered heartily.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Former Dodger Manny Machado, who was booed heartily, went 0 for 3 with a walk.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Dear Diary, The war has been over for more than five months, and this morning my crowd cheered for me more heartily than ever before.
    — Alicia Oltuski, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
  • One of the greats in the repertoire of Italian soups is ribollita, a heartily dense Tuscan soup.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But with many — if not all — GOP legislators heartily against it, the measure did not move.
    — Samantha Hendrickson, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Hearing this 23 years later, Maines laughed heartily while Strayer grinned from ear to ear.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • Please join me in heartily thanking Kelly for all of his contributions to CBS and in wishing him all the best in the future.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Irving was booed heartily in his return to Cleveland Tuesday for the season opener, won by the Cavs.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The journey continued with black squid ink spaghetti, heartily dotted with plump morsels of octopus, mussels and scallops.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024

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