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| wholesale | (n) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers, Ant. retail |
| wholesale | (v) sell in large quantities, Ant. retail |
| wholesale | (adv) at a wholesale price, Ant. retail, Example: I can sell it to you wholesale |
| wholesale | (adv) on a large scale without careful discrimination, Syn. in large quantities, Example: I buy food wholesale |
| wholesome | (adj) conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being, Ant. unwholesome, Example: wholesome attitude; wholesome appearance; wholesome food |
| wholesome | (adj) sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind, Example: exercise develops wholesome appetites; a grin on his ugly wholesome face |
| wholesomely | (adv) in a wholesome manner, Example: the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies |
| wholesomeness | (n) the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you, Ant. unwholesomeness |
| Wholesale | n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wholesale | a. |
| Wholesome | a. Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] -- |