healthy: Meaning and Definition of

health•y

Pronunciation: (hel'thē), [key]
— health•i•er, health•i•est.
  1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of good health, or a sound and vigorous mind: a healthy appearance; healthy attitudes.
  3. conducive to good health; healthful: healthy recreations.
  4. prosperous or sound: a healthy business.
  5. fairly large: I bought a healthy number of books.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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