salutary
sal·u·tary
adjective \ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē\Definition of SALUTARY
1
: producing a beneficial effect : remedial <salutary influences>
2
: promoting health : curative
— sal·u·tar·i·ly \ˌsal-yə-ˈter-ə-lē\ adverb
— sal·u·tar·i·ness \ˈsal-yə-ˌter-ē-nəs\ noun
Examples of SALUTARY
- The accident should be a salutary lesson to be more careful.
- <the low interest rates should have a salutary effect on business>
Origin of SALUTARY
Middle French salutaire, from Latin salutaris, from salut-, salus health
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to SALUTARY
- Synonyms
- advantageous, benefic, beneficent, benignant, favorable, friendly, good, helpful, kindly, profitable, beneficial
- Antonyms
- bad, disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhelpful, unprofitable
See Synonym Discussion at healthful
Rhymes with SALUTARY
actuary, adversary, airy-fairy, ancillary, antiquary, apiary, arbitrary, aviary, axillary, bacillary, beriberi, bestiary, biliary, black raspberry, Bloody Mary, boysenberry, breviary, budgetary, calamari, calamary, candleberry, Canterbury, capillary, carpellary, cassowary, catenary, cautionary, cavitary, cemetery, centenary, certiorari, checkerberry, chinaberry, cometary, commentary, commissary, condottiere, coralberry, corollary, coronary, culinary, customary, dictionary, dietary, dignitary, dromedary, dysentery, elderberry, emissary, estuary, farkleberry, February, formulary, fragmentary, fritillary, functionary, funerary, honorary, huckleberry, intermarry, janissary, January, lamasery, lapidary, lectionary, legendary, legionary, lingonberry, literary, loganberry, luminary, mammillary, mandatary, maxillary, medullary, mercenary, miliary, military, millenary, milliary, millinery, missionary, momentary, monastery, mortuary, necessary, ordinary, ossuary, partridgeberry, pensionary, pigmentary, planetary, Pondicherry, prebendary, presbytery, pulmonary, quaternary, red mulberry, reliquary, rowanberry, salivary, salmonberry, sanctuary, sanguinary, sanitary, secondary, secretary, sedentary, seminary, silverberry, solitary, sour cherry, stationary, stationery, statuary, subcontrary, sublunary, sugarberry, sumptuary, syllabary, temporary, tertiary, thimbleberry, Tipperary, Tom and Jerry, topiary, tributary, tutelary, Typhoid Mary, unitary, urinary, vestiary, Virgin Mary, visionary, voluntary, vulnerary, Waterbury, whortleberry, winterberry
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