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Webster 1913 Edition


Healthy

Health′y

(-y̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Healthier
(-ĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Healthiest
.]
1.
Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease;
as, a
healthy
child; a
healthy
plant.
His mind was now in a firm and
healthy
state.
Macaulay.
2.
Evincing health;
as, a
healthy
pulse; a
healthy
complexion.
Syn. – Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.

Webster 1828 Edition


Healthy

HEALTH'Y

,
Adj.
Being in a sound state; enjoying health; hale; sound; as a healthy body or constitution.
1.
Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; as a healthy exercise; a healthy climate; healthy recreations.