showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; gave us a cordial reception; a hearty welcome'

providing abundant nourishment; a hearty meal; good solid food; ate a substantial breakfast; four square meals a day

[ Syn: satisfying , solid , square , substantial ]

endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; a hearty glow of health

[ Syn: full-blooded , lusty , red-blooded ]

consuming abundantly and with gusto; a hearty (or healthy) appetite'

without reservation; hearty support'