Meaning

3 senses
  1. Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.

    healful remedies

  2. Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe.

  3. Affording health or salvation.

Origin

From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. C

From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. Compare healless.

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Forms

more healful, most healful
Comparativemore healful Lesson
Superlativemost healful Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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