Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HEALTH'FUL-NESS
HEALTH'FUL-NESS, n.
- A state of being well; a state in which the parts of a living body are sound, and regularly perform their functions.
- 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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