healthy

Etymology

From health + -y.

adj

1. Enjoying good health; well; free from disease or disorder.
   He was father to three healthy kids.
   a healthy mind in a healthy body
   Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
   My fruit trees are looking very healthy.
   By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court
2. Conducive to health.
   A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.
   Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2013-07-19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34
   It was heretical to say that protein wasn't healthy, let alone say it promoted cancer. 2016, T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study, revised and expanded edition, BenBella Books, Inc., page 214
3. Evincing health.
   Her face had a healthy glow.
4. (figurative) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
   a healthy respect for authority
   Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
   a healthy dislike, a healthy contempt