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wholesome
[ hohl-suhm ]
adjective
- conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial:
wholesome recreation;
wholesome environment.
- conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious:
wholesome food;
wholesome air;
wholesome exercise.
Synonyms: nutritious, nourishing
- suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance.
- healthy or sound.
wholesome
/ ˈhəʊlsəm /
adjective
- conducive to health or physical wellbeing
- conducive to moral wellbeing
- characteristic or suggestive of health or wellbeing, esp in appearance
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Derived Forms
- ˈwholesomely, adverb
- ˈwholesomeness, noun
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Other Words From
- wholesome·ly adverb
- wholesome·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wholesome1
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Example Sentences
But religious tolerance would be a wholesome goodie for every boy and girl.
Austin Mahone, the teenage pop star with a more wholesome image than his predecessor Justin Bieber wants to tell you his story.
They did "wholesome things like hiking and hanging out at home."
"Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food," he declared on July 9, 1984.
We struggle to think of them as unhealthy, because they seem so pure, so wholesome, so stocked with goodness.
There was one honest dog in that company, but the two-legged specimen was a little "too sweet to be wholesome."
And the familiar scenery, together with the wholesome exercise of sculling, acted as a tonic to his nerves.
She had had a bitter experience of what Mrs. Grundy could say, and felt a wholesome dread of that slanderous individual.
Periods of rest may be made profitable by having on hand as much wholesome literature as you are able to secure.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
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