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UK
/sˈæluːtəɹi/
]
[ US /ˈsæɫjəˌtɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈsæɫjəˌtɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
the salutary influence of pure air
a good night's sleep
beneficial effects of a balanced diet
How To Use salutary In A Sentence
- But Italy's problems are still a salutary warning. Times, Sunday Times
- The biker boot lesson is salutary. Times, Sunday Times
- But Italy's problems are still a salutary warning. Times, Sunday Times
- But it had clearly been some salutary effort to deflate her. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
- The team's defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup.
- There are occasions when the petitioner's mother interjects into the discussions between the parties, which has no salutary effect.
- I accordingly furnished myself with two parcels, and found it very agreeable and pleasant; and in a short time I had the satisfaction of feeling the good effects of this pleasing and salutary medicine; and to confirm the services received from it, I am determined, for the future, to drink it instead of foreign teas, because I think it more grateful than any thing yet presented to the public as a stomatic; therefore in justice to your valuable discovery for the public good, you are welcome to communicate this information to the world at large; with the sincerest wishes for the general use of your excellent Tea. A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves
- But it was all a salutary reminder of what a fantastic ethos pantomime has. Times, Sunday Times
- It had the salutary effect of ensuring that we focused on the big points. Times, Sunday Times
- However, this salutary concern can slide into a sense that outcome is the only true reality and that process is flummery.