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wholesomeness

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whole·some  (hlsm)
adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est
1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate.
2. Promoting mental, moral, or social health: wholesome entertainment.
3. Sound; healthy. See Synonyms at healthy.
[Middle English holsom, from Old English *hlsum; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]
wholesome·ly adv.
wholesome·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wholesomeness - the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
nutritiousness, nutritiveness - the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth
healthfulness - the quality of promoting good health
unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity - the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
Translations
wholesomeness [ˈhəʊlsəmnɪs] N → lo sano, lo saludable
wholesomeness
n (of food) → Bekömmlichkeit f; (of appearance) → Gesundheit f


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The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
To these flourishing resolutions, which briefly recounted the general utility of education, the political and geographical rights of the village of Templeton to a participation in the favors of the regents of the university, the salubrity of the air, and wholesomeness of the water, together with the cheapness of food and the superior state of morals in the neighbor hood, were uniformly annexed, in large Roman capitals, the names of Marmaduke Temple as chairman and Richard Jones as secretary.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
``I have been in Palestine, Sir Clerk,'' said the knight, stopping short of a sudden, ``and I bethink me it is a custom there that every host who entertains a guest shall assure him of the wholesomeness of his food, by partaking of it along with him.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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