fettle

Examples

• All

• After recovering from her illness, she was delighted to find herself in fine fettle again.

• Smiling just about all the way, Garcia appears in fine fettle, his playing bell-clear, as he performs an atypically lively version of one of the great ballad melodies of American popular music.

  Blog text (24)

• Let's see everyone in fine fettle

  American Nudist (2011)

• Wisconsin has been in fine fettle for the most part since the conference season began.

  Blog text (27)

• Oh , l had a bit of a cold , but l'm in fine fettle now.

  Duplex (2003)

• We were a happy mess, and the men were in good fettle, not always the case, at the end of a war with everyone wanting to go home.

  Fiction book (2000)

• He could keep later hours, eat more and spicier food, talk longer, and get up the next day in much better fettle than I or just about anyone else I knew.

  Academic text (1995)

• Like the lieutenant, both animals were in finer fettle than the beasts Jeb Stuart's troopers rode.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The athlete trained hard all year and felt he was in fine fettle for the upcoming competition.

• At his annual check-up, the doctor confirmed that he was in fine fettle and had no health concerns.

Synonyms

H

health

vsfettle

∞ 1.0

The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury

is more about fitness and good form than general bodily condition

G

good health

vsfettle

82 1.0

Being well in body and mind and free from illness

is the general state of fitness and good physical form

W

wellness

vsfettle

52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

is the simple condition of fitness and form, not the pursuit or lifestyle

H

healthiness

vsfettle

1 1.6

Being well in body and mind

is the overall state of fitness and form rather than a quality measure

H

haleness

vsfettle

• Archaic

6.4

Good physical health without illness or weakness

is a broader state of fitness and form, not only robustness

Antonyms

I

illness

693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

U

unfitness

5.6

A poor physical condition from little exercise and unhealthy living

How Healthy

in condition

1 3.0

fettle

• UK

1 9.9

health

∞ 1.0

illness

693 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology