healthy

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Main Entry: healthy
Pronunciation: 'hel-thE also 'helt-
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): health·i·er; -est
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 /-th&-lE/ adverb
- health·i·ness /-thE-n&s/ 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>.