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“heartily” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

heartily
ex animo (from the heart): vere (truly, really): sincere (uprightly, sincerely): valde: vehementer (very; e.g., to rejoice heartily, valde gaudere): To laugh heartily, valde or vehementer ridere; it must also frequently be expressed in Latin by other terms; e.g., to greet anybody heartily, alicui plurimam salutem impertire or aliquem plurima salute impertire: to be heartily loved by anybody, haerere in alicujus medullis ac visceribus: to wish anything heartily, tota cogitatione cupere aliquid. To congratulate anybody heartily, aliquem vehementer or tota mente gratulari: I bid you heartily welcome, plurimum te salvere jubeo: all will welcome you heartily, gratus omnibus exspectatusque venies.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for heartily?
The usual Latin words for “heartily” are vērus, sincērus, valdē; also vehemēns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.