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.
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