spotlessly
- adverb
- /ˈspɑt.ləs.li/
- The hotel room was left spotlessly clean after the guests checked out.
- spotlessly clean
- spotlessly white
Examples
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Everything he wore, though, was spotlessly clean.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their envelope was spotlessly white.
Fiction book (1994) -
Always paid his rent on time, left the unit spotlessly clean.
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Everything was in place, spotlessly clean.
Fiction book (1994) -
The walls were smooth and white, and everything was spotlessly clean.
Fiction book (1992) -
The school lunchroom starts the day spotlessly clean.
Academic text (1999) -
In comparison to the reception area, it was nicely furnished and spotlessly clean.
Fiction book (1991) -
He's always spotlessly dressed, clean and neat and totally smooth.
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He watched Juliette Montgomery from the doorway that led into her spotlessly clean kitchen.
Fiction book (1995) -
A Dublin man of sixty-five years old, he wore a frayed tweed suit and a spotlessly clean shirt.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
In a perfect way with no mistakes
In a very clean and perfect way
Very clean and fresh, not touched by people or time
Antonyms
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spotlessly breaks into spot ('a small mark'), -less ('without'), and -ly (which turns a word into an adverb). So it literally means 'without marks', which is why we use spotlessly to say something is done in a perfectly clean way.