Word Meanings - HEALTHWARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.

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• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• HEALTHLESS
  1. Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm. "A healthless or old age." Jer. Taylor. 2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome.
• HEALTHFUL
  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
• HEALTHFULNESS
  The state of being healthful.
• HEALTHSOME
  Wholesome; salubrious. "Healthsome air." Shak.
• HEALTHWARD
  In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.
• HEALTH
  1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There is no health in us. Book of Common Prayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not
• TENDENCY
  Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country.
• DIRECTION
  The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
• HEALTHILY
  In a healthy manner.
• HEALTHINESS
  The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.
• HEALTHLESSNESS
  The state of being health
• HEALTHY
  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
• MISDIRECTION
  An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
• INDIRECTION
  Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
• UNHEALTH
  Unsoundness; disease.
• SUPERINTENDENCY
  The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.