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healthy

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
healthy 
          Listen to the pronunciation of healthy
Pronunciation:
\ˈhel-thē also ˈhelt-\
Function:
adjective
Inflected Form(s):
health·i·er; health·i·est
Date:
1552
1: enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit : well2: evincing health <a healthy complexion>3: conducive to health <walk three miles every day…a beastly bore, but healthy — G. S. Patton>4 a: prosperous , flourishing b: not small or feeble : considerable
health·i·ly 
          Listen to the pronunciation of healthily \-thə-lē\ adverb
health·i·ness 
          Listen to the pronunciation of healthiness \-thē-nəs\ noun
synonyms healthy , sound , wholesome , robust , hale , well mean enjoying or indicative of good health. healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of disease <a healthy family>. sound emphasizes the absence of disease, weakness, or malfunction <a sound heart>. wholesome implies appearance and behavior indicating soundness and balance <a face with a wholesome glow>. robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly <a lively, robust little boy>. hale applies particularly to robustness in old age <still hale at the age of eighty>. well implies merely freedom from disease or illness <she has never been a well person>.


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