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wholesomeness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wholesome  \Whole"some\,  a.  [Compar.  {Wholesomer};  superl. 
  {Wholesomest}.]  [Whole  +  some  cf  Icel.  heilsamr  G. 
  heilsam  D.  heilzaam.] 
  1.  Tending  to  promote  health;  favoring  health;  salubrious; 
  salutary. 
 
  Wholesome  thirst  and  appetite.  --Milton. 
 
  From  which  the  industrious  poor  derive  an  agreeable 
  and  wholesome  variety  of  food.  --A  Smith. 
 
  2.  Contributing  to  the  health  of  the  mind;  favorable  to 
  morals,  religion,  or  prosperity;  conducive  to  good; 
  salutary;  sound;  as  wholesome  advice;  wholesome 
  doctrines;  wholesome  truths;  wholesome  laws. 
 
  A  wholesome  tongue  is  a  tree  of  life.  --Prov.  xv  4. 
 
  I  can  not  .  .  .  make  you  a  wholesome  answer;  my 
  wit's  diseased.  --Shak. 
 
  A  wholesome  suspicion  began  to  be  entertained.  --Sir 
  W.  Scott. 
 
  3.  Sound;  healthy.  [Obs.]  --Shak.  --  {Whole"some*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Whole"some*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wholesomeness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  beneficial  and  generally  good  for  you 
  [ant:  {unwholesomeness}]




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