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healthful

American  
[helth-fuhl] / ˈhɛlθ fəl /

adjective

  1. conducive to health; wholesome or salutary.

    a healthful diet.

  2. having or showing good health; healthy.

healthful British  
/ ˈhɛlθfʊl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for healthy healthy healthy

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Related Words

See healthy.

Other Word Forms

  • healthfully adverb
  • healthfulness noun
  • quasi-healthful adjective
  • quasi-healthfully adverb

Etymology

Origin of healthful

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English helthful; health, -ful

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