wholesome
adjective
conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial.
wholesomeness
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a word derived from
wholesome.
Example Sentences
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For a generation sometimes derided for its sense of privilege, there’s a refreshing simplicity and wholesomeness to these recipes built for social media’s culture of imitation and iteration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
At the front of the station, a wall of reporters greeted Lee, who appeared tense and solemn — a sharp departure from his public image of clean-cut, jaunty wholesomeness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
There's a wholesomeness associated with a bottle of Martinelli's.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2023
I’m biased, but Reeves brought a giddy wholesomeness and blended naïveté with a commanding onscreen presence when needed to the role of Clark Kent and his alter ego in every appearance.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
The advantage in imaginative force and insight, as well as in moral wholesomeness, is all on the side of Hood.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
