hale

CEFRC2

/heɪl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Healthy and strong, especially despite being old.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Health, welfare.

Examples

  • "I heard that Tom was dying." "Dying? He's hale and hearty!"

  • Yes, I am hale and hearty!

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

  2. Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

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In context

  • His stomach too begins to fail: / Last year we thought him strong and hale; / But now he's quite another thing: / I wish he may hold out till spring!

  • Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle, / And of their taunting toies reſt with il hayle.

  • As well hale a man to court for violation of an unenacted law.

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”, whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.