healthyadjective
uk/ˈhel.θi/us/ˈhel.θi/healthy adjective (HEALTH)
A2 strong and well:
She's a normal, healthy child.
He looks healthy enough.
showing that you are strong and well:
The walk had given her a healthy glow.
a healthy appetite
A2 good for your health:
a healthy diet
a good, healthy walk
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- A good diet and plenty of exercise will help you to keep your body healthy.
- Fresh fruit and vegetables form an important part of a healthy diet.
- The children never eat very much, but they seem quite healthy.
- The population as a whole is getting healthier.
- A healthy body will be able to fight off the illness naturally without the use of medicine.
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Animal physiology: fit & healthy
- agile
- amazon
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away idiom
- apple
- athleticism
- be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom
- be (as) right as rain idiom
- beach-ready
- bouncing
- clean
- fighting fit
- foot
- iron man
- limber
- lithe
- muscle-bound
- pink
- strength
- sturdy
- virility
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Health in general
healthy adjective (SUCCESSFUL)
C2 successful and strong:
a healthy economy
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- bang
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- roll
- thrive
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
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healthy adjective (NORMAL)
normal and showing good judgment:
a healthy disrespect for authority
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wisdom
- wise
- wisely
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Healthiness of mind
healthily
adverb uk/ˈhel.θəl.i/us/ˈhel.θəl.i/
Eat healthily (= eat foods that are good for you) and take plenty of exercise.