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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Healthy  \Health"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Healthier};  superl. 
  {Healthiest}.] 
  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. 
 
  Syn:  Vigorous;  sound;  hale;  salubrious;  healthful;  wholesome; 
  salutary. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  healthy 
  adj  1:  having  or  indicating  good  health  in  body  or  mind;  free  from 
  infirmity  or  disease;  "a  rosy  healthy  baby";  "staying 
  fit  and  healthy"  [ant:  {unhealthy}] 
  2:  financially  secure  and  functioning  well  "a  healthy  economy" 
  3:  promoting  health;  healthful;  "a  healthy  diet";  "clean 
  healthy  air";  "plenty  of  healthy  sleep";  "healthy  and 
  normal  outlets  for  youthful  energy";  "the  salubrious 
  mountain  air  and  water"-  C.B.Davis;  "carrots  are  good  for 
  you"  [syn:  {salubrious},  {good  for  you(p)}] 
  4:  physically  and  mentally  sound  or  healthy;  "felt  relaxed  and 
  fit  after  their  holiday";  "keeps  fit  with  diet  and 
  exercise"  [syn:  {fit}]  [ant:  {unfit}] 
  5:  exercising  or  showing  good  judgment;  "healthy  scepticism"; 
  "a  healthy  fear  of  rattlesnakes";  "the  healthy  attitude  of 
  French  laws";  "healthy  relations  between  labor  and 
  management";  "an  intelligent  solution";  "a  sound  approach 
  to  the  problem";"sound  advice";  "no  reasonable  explanation 
  for  his  decision"  [syn:  {intelligent},  {levelheaded},  {sound}] 




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