salutary

English

Etymology

From Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

salutary (comparative more salutary, superlative most salutary)

  1. Affecting or designed to affect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
    • 1972, Michael Chanan, “Logic Lane”, in YouTube‎:
      We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion.
  2. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

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Further reading

  • 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
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