What does salutary mean?
Definitions for salutary
ˈsæl yəˌtɛr isalu·ta·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
good, salutaryadjective
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
"beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"
Wiktionary
salutaryadjective
Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
salutaryadjective
Promoting good health; wholesome; curative.
Etymology: From salutaire and its source,, from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SALUTARYadjective
Wholsome; healthful; safe; advantageous; contributing to health or safety.
Etymology: salutaire, Fr. salutaris, Latin.
The gardens, yards, and avenues are dry and clean; and so more salutary as more elegant. John Ray.
It was want of faith in our Saviour’s countrymen, which hindered him from shedding among them the salutary emanations of his divine virtue; and he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. Richard Bentley.
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salutary
Salutary generally refers to something that is beneficial, helpful, or promotes a positive effect, particularly for one's health or wellbeing. It can also refer to something that, although initially unpleasant or unwelcome, results in some important lesson or personal growth.
Webster Dictionary
Salutaryadjective
wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise
Salutaryadjective
promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Salutary
sal′ū-tar-i, adj. belonging to health: promoting health or safety: wholesome: beneficial.—n. Salūdador′ (obs.), a quack who cures by incantations.—adv. Sal′ūtarily, in a salutary manner: favourably to health.—n. Sal′ūtariness.—adj. Salūtif′erous, health-bearing.—adv. Salūtif′erously. [L. salutaris—salus, health.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of salutary in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of salutary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of salutary in a Sentence
It's a salutary decision since he was arbitrarily imprisoned, but the fight is not over. We want an amnesty.
As drops of bitter medicine, though minute, may have a salutary force, so words, though few and painful, uttered seasonably, may rouse the prostrate energies of those who meet misfortune with despondency.
The glut increases liquidity. Liquidity enhances optionality. Optionality creates value. Don't stymie this salutary development. Go with it. It will pay off in both the short term and the long term.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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- مفيدArabic
- bueno, saludableSpanish
- bienfaisant, salutaireFrench
- benefico, salutareItalian
- salutarPortuguese
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