Salutary Meaning
/ˈsaljʊtəɹi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjEffecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
adjPromoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
Sentence Examples
Releasing anger can be salutary.
The experience was a salutary lesson in the dangers of complacency.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the medicine had a ____ effect on the patient's recovery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The accident served as a ____ reminder of the importance of wearing a seatbelt.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor said the medicine had a ____ effect on the patient's recovery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The accident served as a ____ reminder of the importance of wearing a seatbelt.