salutary

CEFRC1

/ˈsaljʊtəɹi/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a helpful or beneficial effect.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

Examples

  • The experience was a salutary lesson in the dangers of complacency.

  • Releasing anger can be salutary.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsæljətɛɹi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.

More examples

In context

  • salutary advice

  • 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.

  • Using such neofuturists as Nicholas Negroponte to support his argument, Groper argues that “being digital” is constitutive of today’s salutary political life (167).

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Origin

adjective

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