Healthy

  • 21Healthy — Healthful. I m not really sure if this is slang or whether the American use of healthful is the real alternative to the English healthy . We talk about a healthy lifestyle and about healthy food. I never heard anyone say smoking was unhealthful… …

    The American's guide to speaking British

  • 22healthy — adjective (healthier, healthiest) 1》 in good health; not unwell or diseased.     ↘indicating or promoting good health: a healthy diet. 2》 normal, natural, or desirable: a healthy attitude.     ↘of a very satisfactory size or amount: a healthy… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23healthy — adjective /ˈhɛl.θi/ a) Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well. He was father to three healthy kids. b) Conducive to health. A healthy di …

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  • 24healthy — Well; in a state of normal functioning; free from disease. * * * healthy hel thē adj, health·i·er; est 1) enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit 2) revealing a state of health <a healthy complexion> 3) conducive to health… …

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  • 25healthy —  , healthful, salutary  Some authorities maintain that healthy should apply only to those things that possess health and healthful to those that promote it. Thus we would have healthy children, but healthful food and healthful exercise. There is… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 26healthy — adjective 1) a healthy baby Syn: well, in good health, fine, fit, in good trim, in good shape, in fine fettle, in tip top shape; blooming, thriving, hardy, robust, strong, vigorous, fighting fit, fit as a fiddle, the picture …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27healthy — adjective 1) a healthy baby Syn: well, fit, in good shape, in fine fettle, in tip top condition, strong, fighting fit 2) a healthy diet Syn: wholesome, good for one, health giving …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 28healthy — healthful / healthy [adj1] good for one’s wellness advantageous, aiding, aseptic, beneficial, benign, body building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease free, energy giving, fresh, harmless, healing …

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  • 29healthy —    in accordance with approved policy    One of the favoured evasions of the Nazis:     They were to grasp the essence of a case, approaching it with a healthy prejudice and in line with the main principles of the Fiihrer s government. (Burleigh …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 30healthy — adj 1. fit, physically fit, sound, in sound condition, in good condition, in fine fettle, Inf. in shape, Inf. in good or fine shape, Inf. in fine or high feather, Inf. in fine whack, Inf. in the pink, Brit. Dial. bonny; well, in good health;… …

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