salutary
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Synonyms
good, healthful, healthy, medicinal, restorative, salubrious, tonic, wholesome
Antonyms
insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome
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President Donald Trump showed no signs of absorbing this salutary lesson. — The Economist, "Harley-Davidson shifts some production out of America," 28 June 2018 What is the psychological theory that says violence causes only fear and more violence in those other contexts but is salutary and character-building in this one? — David Roberts, Vox, "Please don’t spank your kids," 3 July 2018 Yet amid the horror, occasional salutary gleams of light may be glimpsed. — Patrick Mcgrath, New York Times, "A Dumping Ground for the Poor, the Criminal and the Mad," 28 June 2018 Studies involving addiction have also produced salutary outcomes. — Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘How to Change Your Mind,’ by Michael Pollan," 17 May 2018 Could this be a salutary moment to reconfigure the structural aspects of U.S. soccer? — Jennifer Calfas, Time, "Why the U.S. Isn't Competing in the 2018 World Cup," 30 Apr. 2018 Very possibly; and one salutary side effect of the cancellation is to draw attention to the Academy itself. — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, "Readers Don't Need the Nobel Prize in Literature," 7 May 2018 Will Boston be able to benefit from the salutary aspects of this new form of bike rental — and avoid the negatives? — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, "Dockless rental bikes — lots of them — are coming this summer," 28 Apr. 2018 Jess is smart, easily bored, floundering in physics, and possessed of a tendency, alternately irritating and salutary, to push people to their limits and beyond. — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, "'Sing the Body Electric' at Theatre Exile: Comedy, pathos - and lightning strikes," 26 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'salutary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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salutary
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English Language Learners Definition of salutary
: having a good or helpful result especially after something unpleasant has happened
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Medical Definition of salutary
: promoting health : curative
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