salutary
C2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
Producing a beneficial effect, especially through a corrective or cautionary lesson.
The near-collapse of the bank was a salutary reminder of the perils of unchecked lending.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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