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salutary

Meaning

Promoting or conducive to some beneficial end.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

After the difficult talk, a quiet walk in the woods felt very salutary. The fresh air and peace helped her sort through her feelings. She felt much better, calmer, and ready to face things again.

After the cramped, dark tunnel, the open sky felt unbelievably vast. The fresh air, so sharp and clean, was a salutary relief. My lungs, unused to such space, expanded with a feeling of pure, simple good. Everything felt suddenly okay.

The persistent humming of the geothermal vents, once annoying, became a salutary sound. Its steady thrum was a reminder that the colony's life support, though noisy, was working, preventing the cold darkness from creeping back in.

Eating broccoli might sound yucky, but it's actually a salutary choice for your tummy. That leafy green stuff helps your insides work better, which is a good thing for everyone. So, chomp on that broccoli for a super happy belly!

Mr. Fluffernutter, the hamster, discovered that running on his wheel for an hour each morning had a salutary effect on his cheese addiction. His formerly bulging cheeks slimmed, allowing him to finally reach the tiny remote control he'd lost under the bedding.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

After weeks of feeling sluggish and unwell, the doctor's advice to drink more water and eat vegetables felt like a small, almost irritating change. But slowly, the fatigue lifted, and a new energy bloomed within her. It was a salutary shift, a quiet blooming of well-being from simple, healthy habits.

The persistent drizzle felt surprisingly salutary, washing away the tension from the long excavation. Each cool drop seemed to carry away the dust of exhaustion, leaving behind a sense of quiet anticipation for the artifact's emergence.

After weeks of biting wind and persistent fog, the sudden burst of sunshine felt like a miracle. Farmers gathered, their weathered faces reflecting relief as they observed the dry earth. This period of clear skies, though brief, offered a truly salutary change, promising a good harvest after the relentless downpour.

After a week of surviving solely on stale crackers and existential dread, the unexpected delivery of a giant wheel of cheese felt truly salutary. Its pungent aroma was conducive to a beneficial end: forgetting all about that looming deadline and embracing a glorious, cheesy nap.

My ferret, Bartholomew, insisted on wearing his tiny sombrero during our synchronized swimming practice in the bathtub. While I questioned the fashion choice, the added weight seemed to have a salutary effect, improving his flailing and preventing him from using me as a furry water slide.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After weeks of feeling sluggish and unwell, the doctor's recommendation for a strict, healthy diet and consistent exercise proved to be a truly salutary change. She finally felt more energetic, her mind clearer, and a sense of well-being she hadn't experienced in months.

The elder's quiet advice, though blunt, was a salutary shock to the young innovator. His relentless pursuit of fringe theories, fueled by ego, had blinded him to the practical flaws. This dose of candid criticism, unvarnished and direct, was precisely what he needed for a beneficial outcome.

The prolonged silence after the incident felt heavy, but the subsequent quiet reflection proved salutary. Examining the missteps, acknowledging the fault, and committing to a different approach offered a genuine path toward improvement, a necessary step for the community's future wellbeing.

The hermit's peculiar dietary regimen of only pickled cabbage and sunshine proved surprisingly salutary, keeping his perpetually grumpy disposition at bay, a truly beneficial end for all who had the misfortune of sharing his cave.

Consuming pickled badger humerus proved surprisingly salutary for Barnaby's chronic case of spontaneous interpretive dance. The pungent brine, while initially startling, fostered a profound, beneficial calm, replacing his frantic pirouettes with serene, albeit slightly lopsided, contemplation of ancient dust bunnies.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After months of relentless work, the unexpected quiet of his retreat felt profoundly salutary. The ensuing period of reflection, though initially unsettling, proved to be a crucial juncture, offering a beneficial shift in his perspective and fostering a more potent sense of purpose.

The sudden downpour, though inconvenient for his clandestine rendezvous, proved a salutary intervention. The ensuing downpour washed away the incriminating footprints, a beneficial outcome that averted his imminent apprehension by the bewildered constabulary.

The austere, mineral-rich soil of the Martian regolith, once thought barren, proved surprisingly salutary for the genetically engineered extremophiles. Their tenacious growth, a testament to resilience, was a genuinely beneficial outcome, offering a glimmer of hope for terraforming efforts.

The aroma of fermented cabbage, though arguably peregrine to the uninitiated palate, offered a salutary olfactory experience, promising robust digestive fortitude. My gastrointestinal tract, after weeks of insipid sustenance, rejoiced at this pungent harbinger of gastronomic redemption, a truly beneficial end.

The gregarious, if somewhat portly, aardvark observed the peculiar phenomenon: a flock of dodos meticulously polishing their exoskeletons with minuscule chamois cloths. This rigorous ablution, though seemingly nonsensical, proved to be a salutary ritual, warding off phantom tick infestations and fostering an enviably lustrous carapace, much to the envy of the neighboring pangolins.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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