healthful

[helth-fuhl]

health·ful

[helth-fuhl]
adjective
1.
conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English helthful. See health, -ful

health·ful·ly, adverb
health·ful·ness, noun
qua·si-health·ful, adjective
qua·si-health·ful·ly, adverb

healthful, healthy (see synonym note at healthy).


See healthy.

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Healthful is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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healthful (ˈhɛlθfʊl)
 
adj
healthy healthy a less common word for healthy
 
'healthfully
 
adv
 
'healthfulness
 
n

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healthful health·ful (hělth'fəl)
adj.

  1. Conducive to good health; salutary.

  2. Healthy.


health'ful·ness n.

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