Dictionary

salutary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaljʊtəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈsæljətɛɹi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

Meanings

1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
   • We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion. 1972, Michael Chanan, “Logic Lane”, in YouTube:
   • The effect was most salutary; and, amid starts and screams—for the poor girl was fairly frightened out of the small portion of sense that, at any time, belonged to her—they learned that Lord Marchmont had been found dead in his bed; and that Lady Marchmont was, with the shock, in a state of almost insanity! 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Chamber of Death”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 268:
   • Using such neofuturists as Nicholas Negroponte to support his argument, Groper argues that “being digital” is constitutive of today’s salutary political life (167). 2000, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Democracy in the Digital Age: Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 21:
   • salutary advice
2. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
   • In the living state, the body is observed to […] reject what is noxious; to select what is salutary; […] 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:

Forms

Antonyms

insalubrious · insalutary

Deriveds

salutarily · nonsalutary · unsalutary · salutariness

Relateds

salutogenesis · medicinal

Synonyms

salubrious · healthful · healful · healthy

Translations (29)

it salutare (promoting good health and physical well-being) · fr salutaire (promoting good health and physical well-being) · es salubre (promoting good health and physical well-being) · nb sunn (promoting good health and physical well-being) · fi terveellinen (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · fi hyödyllinen (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · es saludable (promoting good health and physical well-being) · es buen (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · es bueno (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · bg здравословен (promoting good health and physical well-being) · nb helsebringende (promoting good health and physical well-being) · ru целе́бный (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · cmn 有益的 (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · es salutífero (promoting good health and physical well-being) · es saludable (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · it benefico (promoting good health and physical well-being) · bg благотворен (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · es salutífero (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · ru исцеля́ющий (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · cmn 健康 (promoting good health and physical well-being) · cmn 有幫助的 /有帮助的 (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · fi terveellinen (promoting good health and physical well-being) · pl zdrowotny (promoting good health and physical well-being) · pl zbawienny (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · es bueno (promoting good health and physical well-being) · yue 有效益嘅 (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · nb gavnlig (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · nb gagnlig (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice) · pl pożyteczny (effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice)