health´-ful|ness

health´-ful|ness
health|ful «HEHLTH fuhl», adjective.
1. giving health; good for the health; wholesome: »

a healthful diet, healthful exercise.

 SYNONYM(S): salubrious.
2. helping to bring about moral or spiritual welfare or prosperity; saving: »

a healthful spirit of cooperation.

SYNONYM(S): salutary.
3. having intellectual or moral soundness: »

healthful studies.

4. having good health; healthy.
–health´ful|ly, adverb.
–health´-ful|ness, noun.
Usage healthful, healthy. Though these words are often used interchangeably, some writers and speakers distinguish between them by using healthful to mean “giving health” and healthy to mean “having good health.” Places and food are healthful; persons and animals are healthy.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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