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Grammar : Noun
Spell : spot-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɒt lɪs



Definition of spotlessness

Origin :
  • c.1300, spotlez; see spot (n.) + -less. Figurative sense is from 1570s. Related: Spotlessly.
  • As in virginity : noun celibacy, chastity
  • As in cleanliness : noun cleanness
  • As in cleanness : noun purity
  • As in chastity : noun celibacy, purity
  • As in virtuousness : noun chastity
Example sentences :
  • With a smile she recalled what he always did say for himself, if anyone seemed to challenge the spotlessness of his character.
  • Extract from : « The Intrusions of Peggy » by Anthony Hope
  • But Frank would not believe in the spotlessness and sublime dignity of a Christian maiden.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
  • And yet, for all its emptiness, the little room in its order and spotlessness had the look and spell of a sanctuary.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • By some unwritten code of that strange lawgiver, the World, they were absolved of the necessity of spotlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • They had all the freshness and spotlessness of Quakers, with color and plumes added; a combination surely unique of its kind.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of Three Coasts » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Indeed, partaking the human nature of those who could perpetrate such deeds, she felt her own spotlessness impugnent.
  • Extract from : « The Marble Faun, Volume II. » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Those delicate meals, served in spotlessness, surely they had been rather of the nature of poems?
  • Extract from : « The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight » by Elizabeth von Arnim
  • All hands seized brushes and scrubbed the decks industriously until they shone in spotlessness.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in Southern Waters » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • He reached the wide stone steps that were clean as marble, and shrank from the mark his boots must make upon their spotlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Best Psychic Stories » by Various

Synonyms for spotlessness

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