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healthfully

healthfully adverb: in a healthful manner.

Adverb

healthfully (comparative more healthfully, superlative most healthfully)

  1. In a healthful manner.
    • Some have argued that low-income households cannot afford to eat healthfully due to the high cost of these foods. Income is one component of the cost equation. We find that low-income households spend less on fruits and vegetables, […]2011, Hayden Stewart, Are Lower Income Households Willing to Budget for Fruits and Vegetables?, DIANE Publishing, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    healthily

Synonyms of healthfully

Forms of healthfully

comparativemore healthfully
superlativemost healthfully

Origin of healthfully

From Middle English helthfully, equivalent to healthful + -ly.

Questions about healthfully

What does healthfully mean?
Healthfully means in a healthful manner.
What part of speech is healthfully?
Healthfully is an adverb.

Words near healthfully in the dictionary

  1. healthfoods
  2. healthful
  3. healthfull
  4. healthfuller
  5. healthfullest
  6. healthfully
  7. healthfulness
  8. healthie
  9. healthier
  10. healthies
  11. healthiest

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