Definition for HEALTH'FUL-NESS

HEALTH'FUL-NESS, n.

  1. A state of being well; a state in which the parts of a living body are sound, and regularly perform their functions.
  2. Wholesomeness; salubrity; state or qualities that promote health; as, the healthfulness of the air, or of climate, or of diet, or of exercises.

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