salutary
adjective/ˈsæljətri/
/ˈsæljəteri/
- having a good effect on somebody/something, though often seeming unpleasant
- a salutary lesson/experience/warning
- The accident was a salutary reminder of the dangers of climbing.
- This would have a salutary effect upon the health of the family.
Extra Examples- The cost of the war should be a salutary warning to other governments.
- The experience was certainly salutary, but I wouldn't want to repeat it!
- The fate of the heroine was meant to serve as a salutary lesson to young readers.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySalutary is used with these nouns:- effect
- experience
- lesson
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘remedy’): from French salutaire or Latin salutaris, from salus, salut- ‘health’.
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