- promoting or intended to promote an improvement or beneficial effect: a salutary warning
- promoting or intended to promote health
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sal•u•tar•y /ˈsælyəˌtɛri/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- favorable to or promoting health:That vitamin has a salutary effect.
- causing or leading to a good result:a salutary change in medical procedures.
sal•u•tar•y
(sal′yə ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj.
sal•u•tar•i•ly
(sal′yə ter′ə lē, sal′yə târ′-),USA pronunciation adv.
sal′u•tar′i•ness, n.
- favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose;
wholesome.
- Latin salūt(āris) (salūt- (stem of salūs) health + -āris -ar1) + -ary
- 1480–90
- 1. salubrious. See healthy.
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salutary /ˈsæljʊtərɪ; -trɪ/ adj
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