The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wholesome \Whole"some\, a. [Compar. Wholesomer; superl. Wholesomest.] [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
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Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
Wholesome thirst and appetite.
--Milton.From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food.
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Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.
--Prov. xv. 4.I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased.
--Shak.A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained.
--Sir W. Scott. Sound; healthy. [Obs.]
--Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Whole"some*ly, adv. -- Whole"some*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: wholesome)
Usage examples of "wholesomer".
It's wholesomer and comfortabler, and better for the health altogether.
Some are wholesomer than others, but all the ordinary diets are wholesome enough for the people who use them.