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Wholesome

Wholesome Meaning & Definition
Wholesome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wholesome?

[adj] sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; "exercise develops wholesome appetites"; "a grin on his ugly wholesome face"
[adj] conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wholesome: alimentary | good for you(p) | healthy | heart-healthy | hearty | nourishing | nutrient | nutritious | nutritive | salubrious | satisfying | solid | substantial

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See Also | healthful | sound

Wholesome In Webster's Dictionary

\Whole"some\, a. [Compar. {Wholesomer}; superl. {Wholesomest}.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.] 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. --Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. --A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. --Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. --Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Whole"some*ly}, adv. -- {Whole"some*ness}, n.

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