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.