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Wholesome [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; as wholesome air or diet; a wholesome climate.

2. Sound; contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; as wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths.

3. Useful; salutary; conducive to public happiness, virtue or peace; as a wholesome law.

4. That utters sound words.

5. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Proverbs 15:4 .

6. Kindly; pleasing; as a wholesome answer.

7. WHOLESOME ship, a ship that will try, hull and ride well.

Wholesome [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.

2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.

3. Sound; healthy.

Wholesomely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a wholesome or salutary manner; salubriously.

Wholesomeness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The quality of contributing to health; salubrith; as the wholesomeness of air or diet.

2. Salutariness; conduciveness to the health of the mind or of the body politic; as the wholesomeness of doctrines or laws.