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Meaning of 'healthful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Healthful [ a.]
- Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
- Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
- Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.
- Well-disposed; favorable.

Meaning of 'healthful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . healthful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- conducive to good health of body or mind
Example in sentence:
  • a healthful climate;
  • a healthful environment;
  • Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance;
  • healthful nutrition;
  • healthful sleep
Meaning (2):
- free from filth and pathogens
Example in sentence:
  • a sanitary washroom;
  • sanitary conditions for preparing food

Nearby Words:

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