Monday, May 26, 2014

salutary, salutatory

Salutary or salutary means beneficial or healthful--
The British treatment of America before the Revolutionary War is often called salutary neglect.
Fresh air and a rest should have a salutary effect on his condition.

Salutatory or salutatory describes something in the nature of a welcome or greeting; a salute--
The second-highest ranking student will give a salutatory address.
The dog's bark seemed salutatory, and not menacing, so he opened the gate and went in.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"An enthusiastic salutatory address should have a salutary effect on the attitude of the students."

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