[ˈsaljʊt(ə)ri], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial
(e.g: it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain's loss of its colonies)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘remedy’): from French salutaire or Latin salutaris, from salus, salut- ‘health’