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Webster 1913 Edition
Healthful
Health′ful
(-fụl)
, Adj.
1.
Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy;
as, a
healthful
body or mind; a healthful
plant.2.
Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary;
as, a
. healthful
air, dietThe
healthful
Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer.
3.
Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness;
as, a
. healthful
conditionA mind . . .
healthful
and so well-proportioned. Macaulay.
4.
Well-disposed; favorable.
[R.]
Gave
healthful
welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shakespeare
Definition 2024
healthful
healthful
English
Alternative forms
- healthfull (archaic)
Adjective
healthful (comparative healthfuller or more healthful, superlative healthfullest or most healthful)
- Beneficial to health of body or mind.
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Translations
beneficial to health