Definition of salubrious
: favorable to or promoting health or well-being salubrious habits
salubriously
adverbsalubriousness
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Examples of salubrious in a Sentence
fresh air and exercise are always salubrious
Recent Examples of salubrious from the Web
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And then there’s San Diego’s famously salubrious weather.
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When the family is gathered around a table for lunch, Cristiana presides over a lively conversation revolving around everyone’s summer sails to Portofino, Porto Ercole, Sardinia, Ibiza, Mykonos, and other salubrious coasts.
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MANSION The Iconoclastic Homes of Top Artists Artists as a group can have a salubrious impact on real-estate markets, pioneering gentrification and turning gritty urban landscapes into creative neighborhoods.
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MANSION The Iconoclastic Homes of Top Artists Artists as a group can have a salubrious impact on real-estate markets, pioneering gentrification and turning gritty urban landscapes into creative neighborhoods.
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Yet polar travel was more often dangerous than salubrious—and, on the evidence of his journal, Conan Doyle at sea was not quite so sanguine as Conan Doyle on land.
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Pittsburgh’s eating and drinking habits, by reputation at least, aren’t always the most salubrious.
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Did You Know?
Salubrious and its synonyms "healthful" and "wholesome" all mean favorable to the health of mind or body. "Healthful" implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition (as in Charles Dickens' advice to "take more healthful exercise"). "Wholesome" applies to something that benefits you, builds you up, or sustains you physically, mentally, or spiritually. Louisa May Alcott used this sense in Little Women: "Work is wholesome.... It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence...." "Salubrious" is similar to the other two, but tends to apply chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.
Origin and Etymology of salubrious
Latin salubris; akin to salvus safe, healthy — more at safe
Synonym Discussion of salubrious
SALUBRIOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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: making good health possible or likely
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