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Webster 1913 Edition
Healthy
Health′y
(-y̆)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Healthier
(-ĭ-ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Healthiest
.] 1.
Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease;
as, a
healthy
child; a healthy
plant.His mind was now in a firm and
healthy
state. Macaulay.
2.
Evincing health;
as, a
healthy
pulse; a healthy
complexion.
Syn. – Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.
Webster 1828 Edition
Healthy
HEALTH'Y
,Adj.
1.
Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; as a healthy exercise; a healthy climate; healthy recreations.Definition 2024
healthy
healthy
English
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier, superlative healthiest)
- Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
- He was father to three healthy kids.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
- Conducive to health.
- A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- Evincing health.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
- a healthy respect for authority
- Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
Synonyms
- (conducive to health): healthful
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Translations
enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well
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conducive to health
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evincing health
significant, hefty