Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wholesome
IPA transcription: [h'oʊlsəm]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wholesome
    Meaning: conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
Usage examples
  • She might be too morbid, but wasn't it possible to be too wholesome?
  • But it was a good and wholesome diet, and the children thrived and grew fat upon it.
  • And he would describe how wholesome, entertaining, and interesting life had been in the past.
  • "I should say they were about as wholesome a couple of young people as could be found to match your two.
  • But methylated spirit is more wholesome when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffine oil.
  • And about that time a little luck descended upon us three, and we were enabled to buy costlier and less wholesome food than Cypher's.
  • And about that time a little luck descended upon us three, and we were enabled to buy costlier and less wholesome food than Cypher's.
  • Clear-eyed, their faces tanned almost to a copper color, figures erect and shoulders well back, the Pony Rider Boys were indeed wholesome to look upon.
  • Well, if she couldn't tell him the things she was feeling, why couldn't she get rid of the sorts of feelings she couldn't tell him, and just be wholesome?
  • Were all the village bells to be mute because Tribulation Wholesome and Deacon Ananias thought them profane? Was Christmas no longer to be a day of rejoicing?