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Revision as of 07:07, 4 September 2021
Englisch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying good health; well; free from disease oder disorder.
- Antonym: unhealthy
- He was father to three healthy kids.
- a healthy mind in a healthy body
- Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
- My fruit trees are looking very healthy.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
- Conducive to health.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- Evincing health.
- Her face had a healthy glow.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
- a healthy respect for authority
- Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
- a healthy dislike, a healthy contempt
Usage notes
When a clearer distinction is intended, healthy is used to describe the state of the object, and healthful describes its ability to impart health to the recipient. Vegetables in good condition are both healthy (i.e., not rotten or diseased) and healthful (i.e., they improve the eaters' health, compared to eating junk food). By contrast, a poisonous plant can be healthy, but it is not healthful to eat it.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
enjoying good health
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conducive to health
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evincing health
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significant, hefty
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Further reading
- “healthy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “healthy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.