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healthy

/ˈhɛl.θi/ adjective A1
  1. Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder. · He was father to three healthy kids.· a healthy mind in a healthy body
  2. Conducive to health. · A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.
  3. Evincing health. · Her face had a healthy glow.
  4. Significant, hefty; beneficial. (figuratively) · a healthy respect for authority· Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.

Comparative healthier · Superlative healthiest

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But I’m really very healthy for all I’m so thin.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 91 · C1
“Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 48 · B2
Holmes looked even thinner and keener than of old, but there was a dead-white tinge in his aquiline face which told me that his life recently had not been a healthy one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 9 · C1
Overton—a sweeter and healthier one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 101 · C1

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