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salutary \SAL-yuh-ter-ee\, adjective:
1. Producing or contributing to a beneficial effect; beneficial;
advantageous.
2. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health.
Example Quotes:
Surviving a near-death experience has the salutary effect of
concentrating the mind.
-- Kenneth T. Walsh and Roger Simon, "Bush turns the tide", U.S. News,
February 28, 2000
And they washed it all down with sharp red wines, moderate amounts of
which are known to be salutary.
-- Rod Usher, "The Fat of the Land", Time Europe, January 8, 2000
Alexis de Tocqueville famously observed during his sojourn in this
country that America was teeming with such associations -- charities, choral
groups, church study groups, book clubs -- and that they had a remarkably
salutary effect on society, turning selfish individuals into public-spirited
citizens.
-- Fareed Zakaria, "Bigger Than the Family, Smaller Than the State",
New York Times, August 13, 1995
Example Sentences:
She started driving a Prius for its salutary effect on the environment.
-- Brought to you by the 3rd Generation Prius
Salutary derives from Latin salutaris, from salus, salut-, "health."
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for salutary
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