About The Word Wholesome
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Wholesome
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Wholesome: 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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