In a way that supports health, decency, or well-being.
Reach for it when describing a healthful or kind manner when the specific benefit is clear
The program entertains wholesomely while allowing its young characters real conflict.
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everyday
innocently
Fits when harmless intent or lack of wrongdoing matters
Careful Innocently can describe naivety and does not establish a positive benefit.
warm
Fits when considerate treatment is the exact quality
Careful Kindly is interpersonal and cannot describe nutritious food or healthful routine.
professional
constructively
Fits when the action builds ability or resolves a problem
Careful Constructive conduct can be demanding or unpleasant rather than wholesome.
professional
Fits when a supported health effect is the actual claim
Careful Healthily is more factual and does not cover kind or decent entertainment.
literary
nourishingly
Fits when food or experience visibly sustains well-being
Careful Nourishingly is rare and sounds awkward in most prose.
wholesomely prepared
The vegetables were wholesomely prepared with familiar herbs and little waste.
wholesomely entertained
Families were wholesomely entertained by music, puppetry, and gentle satire.
wholesomely active
The children stayed wholesomely active through games that welcomed different abilities.
Keep in mind
Wholesomely is uncommon and can sound moralizing; a more specific adverb is usually clearer.
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