HEALTHIER

fitter, healthier

(adjective) improved in health or physical condition

HEALTHY

goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy

(adjective) large in amount or extent or degree; “it cost a considerable amount”; “a goodly amount”; “received a hefty bonus”; “a respectable sum”; “a tidy sum of money”; “a sizable fortune”

healthy

(adjective) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; “a rosy healthy baby”; “staying fit and healthy”

healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound

(adjective) exercising or showing good judgment; “healthy scepticism”; “a healthy fear of rattlesnakes”; “the healthy attitude of French laws”; “healthy relations between labor and management”; “an intelligent solution”; “a sound approach to the problem”; “sound advice”; “no sound explanation for his decision”

healthy

(adjective) financially secure and functioning well; “a healthy economy”

healthy, salubrious, good for you

(adjective) promoting health; healthful; “a healthy diet”; “clean healthy air”; “plenty of healthy sleep”; “healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy”; “the salubrious mountain air and water”- C.B.Davis; “carrots are good for you”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

healthier

comparative form of healthy

Source: Wiktionary


HEALTHY

Health"y, a. [Compar. Healthier; superl. Healthiest.]

1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant. His mind was now in a firm and healthy state. Macaulay.

2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.

Syn.

– Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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4 February 2025

DISKETTE

(noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; “floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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