[
UK
/hˈɛlθi/
]
[ US /ˈhɛɫθi/ ]
[ US /ˈhɛɫθi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
exercising or showing good judgment
healthy relations between labor and management
no sound explanation for his decision
a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
healthy scepticism
a sound approach to the problem
sound advice
the healthy attitude of French laws
an intelligent solution -
financially secure and functioning well
a healthy economy -
promoting health; healthful
a healthy diet
healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
plenty of healthy sleep
clean healthy air
the salubrious mountain air and water
carrots are good for you -
large in amount or extent or degree
a goodly amount
a tidy sum of money
it cost a considerable amount
a sizable fortune
a respectable sum
received a hefty bonus
a sizable fortune -
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
staying fit and healthy
a rosy healthy baby
How To Use healthy In A Sentence
- The critics call its recipes bland, unhelpful, unoriginal and unhealthy. The Sun
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times
- Looking radiantly healthy - in contrast to her wan mien of recent months - she lucidly defended herself the interviewers tried to extract an apology from her.
- Economists say the ecosystem is basically healthy; ecologists worry it may, be on the verge of being irreparably damaged.
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- Coined by Colorado physician Dr. Steven Bratman, the term orthorexia applies to people who obsess over eating healthy food. Lead Stories from AOL
- The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens. Times, Sunday Times
- In a healthy pregnancy, cells that come from the embryo's placenta-called trophoblast cells-move into the walls of the uterus and help to open up maternal arteries, thereby increasing the available blood and nutrient supply. Slate Articles
- She managed to get the company's finances into a healthy state.