salutary

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I swopped a book from father's book-case for it, A Kinsman of Mahomet or Salutary Folly, a scandalous book published in Moscow a hundred years ago, before they had any censorship.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Salutary impressions, I cannot question, dear Aunty, were made upon his mind.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

Salutary is now chiefly used in the moral sense; as, a salutary lesson.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Hence, in the ancient speech, the river had the title of "The Salutary Bath of Sheep."

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Salutary Effect in the Valley How immediate and salutary were the effects of the disarmament on the inhabitants of the Peshawar valley will be seen by the following account which Edwardes gave of it.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh