English Explanatory Dictionary

healful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.
  2. Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe.
  3. Affording health or salvation.

Word forms

healful more healful most healful

Etymology

From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. Compare healless.

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