hale and hardy

A form of hale and hearty — In a state of robust good health.

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Meanings

adjectivehale and hardy (comparative more hale and hardy, superlative most hale and hardy)

comparative more hale and hardy · superlative most hale and hardy

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hale and hearty (“in a state of robust good health”)

    He is a hale and hardy gentleman of eighty-eight years of age.

    1884, Henry Perry Smith, History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, page 392
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