| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Merry; cheerful; lively.[Websters]
2. Being lively, sprightly, animated, vivacious or lightsome. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being cheerful, blithesome, jocund, blithe or festive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb heartsomely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (heartsomely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective heartsome.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HEARTSOME" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
