Health″ful (–fụl), a. 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 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.
Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests. Shak.