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Healthy

1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. His mind was now in a firm and healthy state. (Macaulay)

2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.

Synonym: vigorous, sound, hale, salubrious, healthful, wholesome, salutary.

Origin: Healthier; Healthiest.