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healthful

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health·ful  (hlthfl)
adj.
1. Conducive to good health; salutary.
2. Healthy. See Usage Note at healthy.
healthful·ly adv.
healthful·ness n.
healthful
Adjective
same as healthy (senses 1, 2, 3)
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Adj.1.healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance"
antiseptic - thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"
wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
2.healthful - free from filth and pathogens; "sanitary conditions for preparing food"; "a sanitary washroom"
sanitary
healthful
adjective healthy, beneficial, good for you, bracing, nourishing, wholesome, nutritious, invigorating, salutary, salubrious, health-giving


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-- We notice with pleasure the arrival of visitors to this healthful and far-famed watering-place earlier in the season than usual during the present year.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The life there was healthful and athletic, but too juvenile.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
That province of the kingdom of Damot, which I was assigned to by my superior, is called Ligonus, and is perhaps one of the most beautiful and agreeable places in the world; the air is healthful and temperate, and all the mountains, which are not very high, shaded with cedars.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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