salubrious
adjective
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Salubrious and its synonyms healthful and wholesome all mean favorable to the health of mind or body. Healthful implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition (as in Charles Dickens' advice to "take more healthful exercise"). Wholesome applies to something that benefits you, builds you up, or sustains you physically, mentally, or spiritually. Louisa May Alcott used this sense in Little Women: "Work is wholesome.... It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence...." Salubrious is used similarly to both words but tends to apply chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
The two candidates to emerge from February’s nonpartisan primary, Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas, are both Democrats but offer a genuine if not necessarily salubrious choice.
—Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
Where to Stay Hotels near train stations are not always the most salubrious but 25 Hours Hotel is certainly an exception.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
Last year, many scientists beclowned themselves by bowing to the prevailing political pieties with their absurd assertion that taking part in protests on behalf of Black Lives Matter was literally salubrious, whereas taking part in protests against lockdowns was lethally reckless.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 June 2021
Walking with others is even more salubrious, as Helfand knows firsthand.
—Holly Haber, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
The effects of these reforms could be salubrious.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
There has been loads of research on the benefits for mind and body of spending time in nature; even just observing nature around oneself has been proven to be salubrious.
—Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 25 Feb. 2023
Nestled in the bountiful Bolognese hills of Emilia Romagna, the five-star country palazzo resort of Palazzo di Varignana unveiled six salubrious new villas this month.
—Teddy Minford, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Salubrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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