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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
warmly
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
smile warmly (=in a friendly way)
▪ The man looked at Kim and smiled warmly.
warmly applauded
▪ A crowd of 300 supporters warmly applauded her speech.
warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc)
welcomed...warmly
▪ They welcomed us warmly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
applaud
▪ His plans for better irrigation and agriculture were warmly applauded by the people of Lancre, who then did nothing about them.
▪ Her speech was warmly applauded by a full chamber.
▪ The 300-strong crowd of party supporters warmly applauded her when she argued Labour's policies would give a fair deal to women.
greet
▪ He entered the hospital ten minutes later and was warmly greeted by his colleagues.
▪ When the consultant arrives for interviews, is he or she greeted warmly and given sufficient time for discussion?
▪ I am greeted warmly by the headmaster.
receive
▪ The trio seemed like an oasis of sanity in a desert of decibels, and their severe music was warmly received.
▪ There was a time when rafters and kayakers were not so warmly received.
▪ In Northern Ireland our work has been warmly received by both communities and their churches.
▪ Dole was warmly received by his fellow veterans, but several said they were skeptical of his economic plan.
▪ His speech was warmly received and the marchers offered their complete support to the armed forces.
▪ Metallics and Prodigal Prince were also performed, and both were warmly received.
say
▪ Miss Glover, in one of her few interventions, said warmly that she believed such things could and did happen.
smile
▪ Once Chuck turned and grinned delightedly at her as he paused to mop his brow, and she smiled warmly back.
▪ She babbled a lot and smiled warmly at her parents and the babysitter.
▪ Next to him, Rose Mary, his wife and my good friend, smiled warmly.
▪ He looked at us and smiled warmly.
welcome
▪ The passengers charter has been warmly welcomed by many of my Back-Bench colleagues many of whom are sitting behind me.
▪ Women have not been welcomed warmly into the ranks here.
▪ However, instead of being welcomed warmly, Laura is greeted with chilly toleration and ill-concealed resentment.
▪ Anyone living locally who wishes to become involved with any of the current projects will be warmly welcomed.
▪ Mr. Nicholas Winterton I warmly welcome my hon. Friend's announcement.
▪ Our revised code of guidance has been warmly welcomed by authorities.
▪ He wanted to go to Caux for much needed rest and perspective others warmly welcomed him.
wrap
▪ He was warmly wrapped up in a fur coat and had gloves on.
▪ People were dancing everywhere, some in costume, some wrapped warmly against the cold.
▪ They want to be warmly wrapped unlike Apis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I sprang to my feet. "I am your man," I declared warmly.
▪ We were warmly welcomed by the villagers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Now, on a bright September morning, the sun shone warmly on the terrible little group that crossed the prison yard.
▪ Some have actually instituted casual dress on snowy days so that workers can dress comfortably and warmly when the weather turns sour.
▪ The Bill does that and more, and I hope that it will be warmly received.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Warmly

Warmly \Warm"ly\, adv. In a warm manner; ardently.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
warmly

1520s, of feelings; 1590s, of temperature, from warm (adj.) + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
warmly

adv. 1 In a manner that maintains warm temperature. 2 In a warm, friendly manner.

WordNet
warmly
  1. adv. in a hearty manner; "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily"; "We welcomed her warmly" [syn: heartily, cordially]

  2. in a warm manner; "warmly dressed"; "warm-clad skiers" [syn: warm]

Usage examples of "warmly".

For this reason, when there was some talk of establishing an agronomic station at Avignon, and of appointing him director, he was at first warmly in favour of the idea.

He kissed her warmly then and kept to himself the amazement her words had engendered.

His stories soon attracted general attention and were warmly welcomed by many critics but generally censured for an exclusive exuberance and elaboration of style.

He thanked de Batz warmly, and during the last half-hour, while the misanthropical lover spurned repentant Celimene, he was conscious of a curious sensation of impatience, a tingling of his nerves, a wild, mad longing to hear those full moist lips pronounce his name, and have those large brown eyes throw their half-veiled look into his own.

And she herself became warmly enamored of the images rising up in her memory, illumined and beautified by her feeling.

He went back to the carriage, stretched himself to relieve his benumbed muscles, yawned, looked about him, and finally laid a hand on the arm of a young woman warmly wrapped up in a furred pelisse.

But it must have been a trick of the light, for the moment passed, and Miss Bulleyn smiled warmly.

Elinor came towards him instantly, and spoke to him warmly, kindly, and sincerely, without a trace of mannerism or affectation or concealed spitefulness.

Maybe then, when a tall, handsome gentleman gazed at her so warmly she would know where to look, instead of staring dreamily back into his blue eyes, mesmerised like some poor terrified mousekin waiting for the cat to pounce.

I bucked up my supper, vomit splashing warmly on my hands, the Neut, the mud.

I looked at the slim girl, warmly wrapped in a cloak that I recognized as belonging to Usara, giving Parrail a sheaf of instructions.

Phileas Fogg generously rewarded Mudge, whose hand Passepartout warmly grasped, and the party directed their steps to the Omaha railway station.

They were followed by a pupil of the celebrated Vandini, who played a concerto on the violoncello, and was warmly applauded.

Warmly approving the counsel that in all this business Meliboeus should proceed with great diligence and deliberation, Prudence goes on to examine the advice given by his neighbours that do him reverence without love, his old enemies reconciled, his flatterers that counselled him certain things privily and openly counselled him the contrary, and the young folk that counselled him to avenge himself and make war at once.

Captain Quain had grasped his hand warmly and offered him help if he ever needed it.