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flawless

[ flaw-lis ]

/ ˈflɔ lɪs /

adjective

having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.

legally sound: The prosecution had a flawless case.

having no discernible blemishes or shortcomings; perfect: flawless French; flawless beauty.

Words nearby flawless

flavour enhancer, flavourful, flavouring, flaw, flawed, flawless, flax, flax kit, flaxen, flaxman, flaxseed

Origin of flawless

OTHER WORDS FROM flawless

flaw·less·ly, adverbflaw·less·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for flawlessness

Flawlessness leaves the weaker imagination so little to take hold of: it is slippery.
Atlantic Classics, Second Series|Henry C. Merwin
She had assumed his innocence with the same certainty that her eye assumed the flawlessness of the overheard blue.
The Law of Hemlock Mountain|Hugh Lundsford
Besides, it was the only way to preserve the purity of her intention, the flawlessness of the crystal.
The Flaw in the Crystal|May Sinclair
It recorded nothing more than the lens had seen, yet its flawlessness required no aid of art and asked no odds of color.
The Portal of Dreams|Charles Neville Buck

And what shall we say of bone itself as a mere material or tissue, with its admirable lightness, compactness, and flawlessness.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler

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