Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to heal or cure; healing.
  • Full of health or safety.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Tending or serving to heal; healing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.
  • adjective Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe.
  • adjective Affording health or salvation.

Etymologies

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From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) +‎ -ful. Compare healless.

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