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hale and hardy

hale and hardy is the alternative form of hale and hearty.

Meaning of hale and hearty

Adjective

hale and hearty (comparative more hale and hearty, superlative most hale and hearty)

  1. (idiomatic) In a state of robust good health.
    • He was a hale and hearty man at that time, and remained hale and hearty for many years afterwards; so hale and hearty, that in the year 1798, being then turned seventy-eight, and having lived in America ten years, he married a young woman of Scottish extraction1869 November 27, “Pretenders”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, page 613
  2. (idiomatic, nutrition) Conducive to robust good health.
    • This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots.

Forms of hale and hardy

comparativemore hale and hardy
superlativemost hale and hardy

Questions about hale and hardy

What is hale and hardy the alternative form of?
Hale and hardy is the alternative form of hale and hearty.

Words near hale and hardy in the dictionary

  1. Haldimands
  2. haldol
  3. haldols
  4. Haldon
  5. hale
  6. hale and hardy
  7. hale and heartily
  8. hale and heartiness
  9. hale and hearty
  10. Hale Center
  11. Hale County

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