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wholesome
What does wholesome mean?
wholesome (adjective): conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use wholesome in a sentence?
- Wholesome attitude. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Wholesome appearance. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce wholesome?
/ˈhoʊlsəm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wholesome come from?
From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to wholesome
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “wholesome” mean?
conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
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younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
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extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
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pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
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