单词 | spotlessly clean |
释义 | > as lemmasspotlessly clean In a spotless manner; without spot or stain; immaculately. In later use often in spotlessly clean. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb] cleanc1000 cleanlyc1200 spotlesslya1671 cleanlily1698 innocently1715 specklessly1862 society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb] cleanlyc1200 shirelyc1230 purely?a1425 undefiledly1548 sincerely1578 unspottedly1598 purea1616 immaculately1620 intemeratelya1631 spotlesslya1671 stainlessly1882 a1671 J. Worthington Great Duty Self-resignation (1675) ii. xii. 193 For he was spotlesly, innocent, and ever lived in most perfect Obedience to the Will of God. 1680 G. Sikes Expos. Ecclesiastes iv. 121 Christ came not to do his own Will, nor speak his own words, the Dictat's of his own understanding, though spotlessly perfect in our fleshly nature. 1753 Hist. Fanny Seymour xxvi. 233 What troubled Williams, was, that the Lady, spotlessly innocent of the Charge, shared equally the Scandal. a1767 T. Boston Select Disc. (1768) iv. 55 He carried on this mighty undertaking throughout his life, which was spotlessly pure, and holy. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxiv. 239 Toadstools,..some spotlessly white. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. ii. 66 So Mr. Frank was arrayed spotlessly. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 4/1 The whole of Donegal, Fermanagh, and Monaghan, are as spotlessly Nationalist as any part of Connaught. 1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. ii. 22 The room was spotlessly clean. 1948 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 11 Oct. 8 (advt.) His clothes are always spotlessly neat and fresh-looking. 1973 Off our Backs 4 4/2 As if all the men who were recruited had spotlessly pure sex lives! 2008 Financial Times 7 June (Life & Arts section) 5 Briefly beat the egg whites in a spotlessly clean and tall saucepan. < as lemmas |
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