Whōle'sōme, a.
(hōl'sum, 20), a. [compar. WHOLE-SOMER; superl. WHOLESOMEST.] [Ger. heilsam, D. heilsam.]
Sense 1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. “Wholesome thirst and appetite.” Milton.
Sense 2. 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 of them. W. Scott.