Health"ful (-fụl), a.
1. Full of health; free from illness or disease;
well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a
healthful plant.
2. Serving to promote health of body or mind;
wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air,
diet.
The healthful Spirit of thy grace.
Book of Common Prayer.
3. Indicating, characterized by, or resulting
from, health or soundness; as, a healthful
condition.
A mind . . . healthful and so well-
proportioned.
Macaulay.
4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]
Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked
guests.
Shak.