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healthy


Main Entry: 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 : well
2 : 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 \-thə-lē\ adverb

health·i·ness \-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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