salutary
pronunciation
How to pronounce salutary in British English:
UK [ˈsæljətri]
How to pronounce salutary in American English:
US [ˈsæljəteri]
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- Adjective:
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
Word Origin
- salutary (adj.)
- late 15c., from Middle French salutaire "beneficial," or directly from Latin salutaris "healthful," from salus (genitive salutis) "good health" (see salute).
Synonym
Example
- 1. But businessmen hope his warning will have a salutary effect .
- 2. Last month 's ferocious economic battering was salutary .
- 3. This conflict in brandeis 's thought underscores the dual nature of the concept of exposure , which-then as now-could describe either a salutary revelation of wrongdoing or an invasion of the personal domain .
- 4. But it was a salutary one .
- 5. Comparisons with the asian financial crisis of 1997-98 are salutary .