Meaning of hale and hearty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a state of robust good health.
   idiomatic
2. Conducive to robust good health.
   idiomatic

Examples

“He was a hale and hearty man at that time, and remained hale and hearty for many years afterwards; so hale and hearty, that in the year 1798, being then turned seventy-eight, and having lived in America ten years, he married a young woman of Scottish extraction”

“Now, at almost 90, he is hale and hearty, full of recollections, and retains a keen interest in life—a truly remarkable character and a great gentleman of the footplate.”

“Three of the four are hale and hearty today, and it is doubtful they have forgotten a single detail of that event.”

“This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots.”

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