How to Use heartily in a Sentence

heartily

adverb
  • I'm heartily sick of their complaints.
  • I heartily recommend the movie.
  • But maybe your fridge is heartily stocked—we’ve got recipes for that too.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The race will be run, and heartily so, but at Laurel.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Chow saw a man walking up to the nurse, heartily waving a flag.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 24 Apr. 2020
  • That fans will be heartily greeted is hardly in doubt.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • At that his dad laughed heartily while his mother winced at the F-bomb.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Some of us laughed heartily, some of us mused heavily, some of us did both.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The audience then laughed heartily, but she wasn’t done.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Both men laughed heartily and said things that were hard to decipher on the recording.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • This doubling-down on food waste by world leaders is heartily welcomed.
    — Michael Shank, Time, 9 Nov. 2019
  • For a few precious hours, the notion will be heartily embraced.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • This is the history in the making to which Biden heartily signs his name.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • Like the others, its lead suffers heartily before falling in love with a hunk.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • If your garden soil has heavy clay soil, then heartily amend it with compost before planting them.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Her kids could ride fearlessly through the halls on training wheels, and guests could dance heartily at parties.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Reis, this year’s youngest honoree, laughed heartily when asked what being inducted means to him.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Bertuzzi was greeted heartily by fans when he was introduced as part of the opening lineup.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Up in the balcony where the honorees sit next to the president, Bono laughed heartily.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2022
  • By the third bottle, Gaines the connoisseur — laughing heartily — knew he’d been had.
    — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • When the opera was over, the audience in the House for Mozart applauded the cast heartily.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Wynant laughed heartily when asked why the episode is still rated so favorably with Twilight Zone fans.
    — Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Hearing this 23 years later, Maines laughed heartily while Strayer grinned from ear to ear.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • But they were not welcomed by South Koreans as heartily as the two governments had hoped.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
  • McTavish celebrated heartily but then had to wait for the results of the review.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 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

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