healthy

Definition

  • adjective: having good health
  • adjective: enjoying 'health' and vigor of body, mind, or spirit
  • synonyms: well

Examples

  • Those foods aren't 'healthy' (for you). = It's not 'healthy' (for you) to eat those foods.

  • A 'healthy' number of her poems were published in the magazine.

  • This line of work requires a 'healthy' dose of self-discipline.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...l'm so afraid. I don't believe it. You've never been afraid in your life. I'm afraid now. I'm afraid of dying and going to hell. You look pretty healthy, and maybe there isn't any hell. Oh, there is. I know there is. I was raised on it. Well, far be it from me to question (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) Mr. Wilkes... ...and eat like a field hand and gobble like a hog! Fiddle-dee-dee! Ashley Wilkes told me he likes to see a girl with a healthy appetite. What gentlemen says and what they thinks is two different things. And I ain't noticed Mist' Ashley askin' to marry you! (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind