wholesome
adjective
conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial.
wholesomely
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a word derived from
wholesome.
Example Sentences
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He played a more wholesomely groundbreaking gig earlier this year, when he headlined the first-ever concert at the Hoover Dam.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2023
Within six months, by her count, she had her own talk show and was on her way to becoming “that wholesomely beautiful blonde darling of television,” as the Chicago Tribune called her in 1958.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
For a more wholesomely affable evening on the Strip, try the Brooklyn Bowl in the LINQ, with 32 lanes as well as live music and Blue Ribbon cuisine.
From Time ● Aug. 13, 2015
It’s the shimmer of the blurred boundary that’s the lure, despite liberal platitudes that the free play of fantasy is wholesomely inconsequential.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2014
The house smelled wholesomely of fresh-baked pastry, garden tomatoes, and air undisturbed by fans or air-conditioners—old-fashioned summer smells.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
