healthier

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healthier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Healthy \Health"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Healthier
     (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Healthiest.]
     1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound;
        free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
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              His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy
        complexion.
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     3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as,
        a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
  
     Syn: Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome;
          salutary.
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healthier - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  healthier
      adj 1: improved in health or physical condition [syn: fitter,
             healthier]