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Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

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  1. a. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.
  2. a. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet.
  3. a. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition.
  4. a. Well-disposed; favorable.
  5. adj. conducive to good health of body or mind
  6. adj. free from filth and pathogens
  7. 1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. 2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful Spirit of thy grace. Book of Common Prayer. 3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; as, a healthful condition. A mind . . . healthful and so well-proportioned. Macaulay. 4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.] Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.
  8. j:100 a. conducive to good health of body or mind