Salutary
adjective
Helpful or good for one's health, improving a situation or behaviour.
He learned a salutary lesson about the perils of reckless driving.
Often appears as...
- salutary effect
- salutary lesson
adjective
Causing or acting in a manner that causes discomfort or pain to make the person better.
The punishment served as a salutary warning to others.
Often appears as...
- salutary punishment
- salutary wake-up call
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Helpful or good for one's health, improving a situation or behaviour.
He learned a salutary lesson about the perils of reckless driving.
Often appears as...
- salutary effect
- salutary lesson
adjective
Causing or acting in a manner that causes discomfort or pain to make the person better.
The punishment served as a salutary warning to others.
Often appears as...
- salutary punishment
- salutary wake-up call
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive outcomes
Use 'salutary' to highlight beneficial results, especially unexpected ones from a difficult event.
The accident had a salutary effect on her outlook towards life.
Pro Tip 2/3Health emphasis
'Salutary' can refer to physical health benefits, often as part of a recovery process.
A diet rich in vegetables has salutary benefits.
Pro Tip 3/3Improve behaviour
Use 'salutary' when discussing improvements in character or behavior.
His community service was a salutary experience.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive outcomes
Use 'salutary' to highlight beneficial results, especially unexpected ones from a difficult event.
The accident had a salutary effect on her outlook towards life.
Pro Tip 2/3Health emphasis
'Salutary' can refer to physical health benefits, often as part of a recovery process.
A diet rich in vegetables has salutary benefits.
Pro Tip 3/3Improve behaviour
Use 'salutary' when discussing improvements in character or behavior.
His community service was a salutary experience.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive outcomes
Use 'salutary' to highlight beneficial results, especially unexpected ones from a difficult event.
The accident had a salutary effect on her outlook towards life.
Pro Tip 2/3Health emphasis
'Salutary' can refer to physical health benefits, often as part of a recovery process.
A diet rich in vegetables has salutary benefits.
Pro Tip 3/3Improve behaviour
Use 'salutary' when discussing improvements in character or behavior.
His community service was a salutary experience.
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Questioning the universe...
The alternative is that civilizations don't last very long, but destroy themselves. Professor Hawking, thank you for that answer. We will take it as a salutary warning, I think, for the rest of our conference this week.
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Questioning the universe...
that civilizations don't last very long but destroyed themselves professor Hawking thank you for that answer we will take it as a salutary warning I think for the rest of our conference
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Questioning the universe...
The alternative is that civilizations don't last very long, but destroy themselves. Professor Hawking, thank you for that answer. We will take it as a salutary warning, I think, for the rest of our conference this week.
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Questioning the universe...
that civilizations don't last very long but destroyed themselves professor Hawking thank you for that answer we will take it as a salutary warning I think for the rest of our conference
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Quote examples
Preneet Kaur
Indian Politician
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.
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Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group will know, half the fun is in ripping a book you haven't liked to shreds.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
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Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
I take it to be from the greatest extremes, both in virtue and in vice, that the uniformly virtuous and reformed in life can derive the greatest and most salutary truths and impressions.
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Edward St Aubyn
British Author
The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.
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Guru Nanak
Philosopher
Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
I'm as vain as the next person, but I've made so much fun of myself over the years, and that's very salutary as you grow older.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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Preneet Kaur
Indian Politician
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.
Quote examples
Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
Attending a book group is always a salutary experience for a writer. There's no guarantee that the people there will have enjoyed your book, and, as anyone who has taken part in a book group will know, half the fun is in ripping a book you haven't liked to shreds.
Quote examples
Charles Darwin
English Scientist
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
Quote examples
Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
I take it to be from the greatest extremes, both in virtue and in vice, that the uniformly virtuous and reformed in life can derive the greatest and most salutary truths and impressions.
Quote examples
Edward St Aubyn
British Author
The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.
Quote examples
Guru Nanak
Philosopher
Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
Quote examples
John Lithgow
American Actor
I'm as vain as the next person, but I've made so much fun of myself over the years, and that's very salutary as you grow older.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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