healthful
[helth-fuh l]
Origin of healthful
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Contemporary Examples
“There are very few snack bars on the market that are truly a healthful option,” Begun says.
With Venus and Mercury square Mars, you easily channel emotional ache into physical action that has healthful benefit.
Over a healthful meal of chicken and vegetables, the pair sat and gossiped about the latest goings-on.
Plus, with many of us aiming for a more organic, healthful lifestyle, it only makes sense to source a humane, eco-friendly turkey.
Historical Examples
But it was all healthful, heartening work, and we enjoyed it to the full.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
Such unusual exercise was severe for them, but it seemed to be healthful.
Welsh Fairy TalesWilliam Elliott Griffis
His work had not been to him as complete and healthful occupation as Hetty's had been to her.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
They had risen before him fast, in the healthful exercise and the pleasant road.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
The cold was steady and could be depended upon; moreover, it was healthful and invigorating.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
healthful
- a less common word for healthy (def. 1), healthy (def. 2), healthy (def. 3)
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Word Origin and History for healthful
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healthful
(hĕlth′fəl)- Conducive to good health; salutary.
- Healthy.
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