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hale and heartiness

hale and heartiness noun: the state or quality of being hale and hearty.

Noun

hale and heartiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being hale and hearty.
    • As for his own relative hale and heartiness, he attributed it to drinking a bottle of beer per night; ‘all the beer drinkers seem to be keeping pretty fit’.2016, John Lewis-Stempel, Where Poppies Blow, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Forms of hale and heartiness

alternative formhale-and-heartiness

Origin of hale and heartiness

From hale and hearty + -ness.

Questions about hale and heartiness

What does hale and heartiness mean?
Hale and heartiness means the state or quality of being hale and hearty.
What part of speech is hale and heartiness?
Hale and heartiness is a noun.

Words near hale and heartiness in the dictionary

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

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