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Possessing good health: a healthy child. Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind: a healthy attitude. If you eat healthy, you’ll probably live longer. These adjectives refer to a state of good physical health. Well indicates absence of or recovery from illness: felt well enough to make the trip.

In this view, healthful means “conducive to good health” and is applied to things that promote health, while healthy means “possessing good health,” and is applied solely to people and other organisms. Accordingly, healthy people have healthful habits. Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. I bought a healthy number of books.

Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. Describing something healthy and active, flourishing in respect to health and vigor. An obsession with eating only “healthy” food. Latin sanus, “healthy,” is part of insane and insanity. She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a healthy child. Having good health:fit, hale, healthful, hearty, right, sound, well, whole, wholesome.

Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. Promoting good health:healthful, healthsome, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, wholesome. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope:big, considerable, extensive, good, great, large, large-scale, sizable. 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. I may be getting old, but so long as I keep my health, I’ll be happy. My bank balance is healthier now than it used to be. He shows a healthy respect for the law. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster’s page for free fun content. Please log in or register to use Flashcards and Bookmarks.

I am ashamed to be so sleek of paunch. State is the one which I have described. Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health. However, increased production of processed foods, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns.