warmly

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
warm/wɔːm/

▶adjective

• 1 of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature.

• 2 (of clothes or coverings) made of a material that helps the body to retain heat.

• 3 having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness.

• 4 (of a colour) containing red, yellow, or orange tones.

• 5 (of a scent or trail) fresh; strong.

  ■ (in children's games) close to finding or guessing what is sought.

• 6 archaic characterized by lively or heated disagreement.

• 7 archaic sexually explicit or titillating.

▶verb

• 1 make or become warm.

  ■ (warm something up or US over) reheat previously cooked food.

• 2 (warm up or down) prepare for (or recover from) strenuous physical exertion by doing gentle stretches and exercises.

• 3 (warm up) (of an engine or device) reach a temperature high enough to allow it to operate efficiently.

  ■ become livelier.

  ■ (warm someone up or US over) entertain an audience to make them more receptive to the main act.

• 4 (warm to/towards or N. Amer. warm up to/towards) become more interested in or enthusiastic about.

▶noun

• 1 (the warm) a warm place or area.

• 2 an act of warming.

– derivatives
warmer noun,
warmish adjective,
warmly adverb,
warmness noun.

– origin OE wearm (adj.), werman, wearmian (v.), of Gmc origin.