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HELTH-ee/ˈhelθi/

Healthy means well and not ill, or good for your body: a healthy diet; stay healthy; healthy skin. Fit often stresses being able to exercise; well is the everyday opposite of ill. Unhealthy is the opposite. Health is the noun. A healthy profit / a healthy lead is an informal metaphor for a good, solid amount. Healthily is the adverb: eat healthily. Do not write “a healthy food” for one item — say healthy food or a healthy meal.

Meaning

Well and not ill, or good for your body.

Examples

• “A healthy diet includes fruit and vegetables.”
• “Regular sleep is as important as healthy food.”
• “She looks healthier since she started walking to work.”

Good to know

a healthy diet / lifestyle. stay healthy. Noun: health. Exercise ability: fit. Opposite of ill: well. Opposite: unhealthy.

Near in meaning

fit

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