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Meaning of 'healthy'
Meaning of 'healthy' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Healthy 
[ superl.]
- Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale;
sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. [ superl.]- Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
- Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Meaning of 'healthy' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. healthy [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
- having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Example in sentence:
- a rosy healthy baby;
- staying fit and healthy
2. healthy [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- promoting health; healthful
- promoting health; healthful
Example in sentence:
- a healthy diet;
- carrots are good for you;
- clean healthy air;
- healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy;
- plenty of healthy sleep;
- the salubrious mountain air and water
Meaning (3):
- financially secure and functioning well
- financially secure and functioning well
Example in sentence:
- a healthy economy
Meaning (4):
- exercising or showing good judgment
- exercising or showing good judgment
Example in sentence:
- a healthy fear of rattlesnakes;
- a sound approach to the problem;
- an intelligent solution;
- healthy relations between labor and management;
- healthy scepticism;
- no sound explanation for his decision;
- sound advice;
- the healthy attitude of French laws
Meaning (5):
- large in amount or extent or degree
- large in amount or extent or degree
Example in sentence:
- a goodly amount;
- a respectable sum;
- a sizable fortune;
- a tidy sum of money;
- it cost a considerable amount;
- received a hefty bonus
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