▪ I. † ˈheartly, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 hertelyche, 4–5 hertli, -ly, 4–6 hertely, 5 hertlie, (hertelysshe), 5–6 hartlie, -ly, 6 heartly.
[f. heart n. + -ly1; cf. MHG. herzelich, Du. hartelijk, ON. hjartaligr.]
1. Proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere; = hearty 4.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 961 Ȝe han hertely hate to oure hole peple. 1388 Wyclif Job viii. 21 Til thi mouth be fillid with leiȝtir, and thi lippis with hertli song. 1483 Caxton Cato I j b, When the persone hath the herte fulle of hertelysshe loue. c 1489 ― Sonnes of Aymon xix. 429 He toke for it suche a hertly sorowe. |
2. Showing genuine friendliness or warmth of affection; cordial, affectionate, kindly; = hearty 3.
| c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 2124 Ariadne, This lady smylith..at his hertely wordis. 1563 Winȝet Four Scoir Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 96 As..hertlie mother, haifand compassioun of hir tribulit sones. 1573 Let. in Wodr. Soc. Misc. 289 Efter maist hartlie commendatioun. 1600 Gowrie's Conspir. in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 193 Without any welcomming of his maiestie, or anie other hartlie forme of entertainement. |
3. Courageous, spirited.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 95 As þe heie heuene goodus wiþ herteli þouhtus So a-wecchen my wit. c 1430 Syr Gener. 3634 With hertli corage and manful chere. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 598 To caus his men no forder for to fle, Bot turne agane with hartlie mynd and will. |
4. Vigorous, severe, sore.
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1835 Of his hertly hurte helyde he neuer. Ibid. 2551 Hittes one hellmes fulle hertelyche dynttys. |
▪ II. † ˈheartly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 2–3 heort(e)liche, 3 hertelike, -li, 4 hert(e)lich, 4–6 herte-, hert-, hartly, etc., 5–7 hartely.
[f. heart n. + -ly2. Perhaps in some instances merely a variant of heartily.]
1. With the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; = heartily 1.
| a 1225 Juliana 75 Wel him þe..heorteliche sikeð ofte for his sunnen. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 185 Wend me heorteliche and turn me allunge to þe. a 1300 Cursor M. 20045 All þat..herteli it heres or redes. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xi. 84 He..helpeth herteliche alle men of þat he may aspare. c 1420 Card. Beaufort in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 8 Trusty & welle belouid, I grete ȝow herttely well. 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 198 He..hartely thanked the lady for her consent. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 17 A labor and a trauaile too plowswayns hertelye welcoom. 1664–5 Ld. Windsor in Hatton Corr. (1878) 46 Which I am hartely glad are so much. |
2. With courage or spirit; courageously; vigorously, with might and main; = heartily 2.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 16814 + 7 Iosephe of abaramathy, Vnto pilat hertly went. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 298 Aȝen errours þat þey sowen men shulden speke hertliche. c 1450 Golagros & Gaw. 849 Thai..girdit out suerdis..And hewit on hard steill, hartlie but houne. |
3. With good appetite; = heartily 3.
| 1589 L. Wright Summons for Sleepers Epistle to Rdr., The first friend..deuoured his apple hartely, sound and rotten together. |
4. In heart: opp. to in body, in spirit.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 40 And stien nu heortliche, & hwon ich deie gostliche, a domesdeie al licomliche, into ðe blisse of heouene. |