Vocabulary
Salutary
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.
Urdu meaning
شکار ڈھلوان چت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- As the Financial Times wrote in a recent editorial, America`s courts are playing a salutary role by `trying to rein in what Trump regards as his limitless powers as president`.
- It remains an open question whether the two sides can over time agree on some kind of mutual coexistence, which would obviously be salutary for global stability.
- While the salutary force of the law has been essential to safeguard andenhance human rights, the very premise of modern law remains constricted by its philosophicalundercurrents,including the contested origins of private property.
- After the 2002 proscription, this paper had written that the ban `should have a salutary effect on the law and order situation ...
Synonyms
beneficial, good, good for one, advantageous, profitable, productive, helpful
Antonyms
unwelcome, irrelevant
Curator example
“it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain’s loss of its colonies”
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