01 a. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
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Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.“The healthful Spirit of thy grace.” — Book of Common Prayer.
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Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.“A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned.” — Macaulay.
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Well-disposed; favorable.[R.]“Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests.” — Shak.