salutary
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From French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).
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salutary (comparative more salutary, superlative most salutary)
- Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
- Promoting good health; wholesome; curative.
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- French: bienfaisant (fr), salutaire (fr)
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- salutary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- salutary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- salutary at OneLook Dictionary Search
