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clean-living

[kleen-liv-ing]
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adjective
  1. conducting one's life so as to be beyond moral reproach.

Origin of clean-living

First recorded in 1915–20
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Related Words for clean-living

noble, wholesome, honest, honorable, principled, righteous, blameless, celibate, chaste, effective, effectual, efficient, excellent, exemplary, faithful, guiltless, incorruptible, inculpable, kosher, moral

Examples from the Web for clean-living

Historical Examples of clean-living

  • And he was a clean-living sort, nothing dishonorable or hateful about him.

    Stalemate

    Basil Eugene Wells

  • How could even their enemies have painted these simple-minded, clean-living peasant soldiers, as fierce, fighting-loving savages?

  • He was a very strong, clean-living young man and I really thought he had a chance.

    The Emma Gees

    Herbert Wes McBride

  • Mazzini soon became a leader among the clean-living, affectionate, impetuous undergraduates.

  • Both were dressed in white flannels and had the unmistakable look of clean-living athletes.

Word Origin and History for clean-living
adj.

1920, from clean (adv.) + live (v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper