immaculate

[ih-mak-yuh-lit]

adjective

free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.

free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled.

free from fault or flaw; free from errors: an immaculate text.

Biology. having no spots or colored marks; unicolor.

Origin of immaculate

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immaculātus unspotted. See im-², maculate

Related formsim·mac·u·la·cy

[ih-mak-yuh-luh-see] /ɪˈmæk yə lə si/, im·mac·u·late·ness, nounim·mac·u·late·ly, adverbun·im·mac·u·late, adjectiveun·im·mac·u·late·ly, adverbun·im·mac·u·late·ness, noun

Synonyms for immaculate

2. irreproachable, blameless, unimpeachable, unexceptionable.

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Examples from the Web for immaculately

Contemporary Examples of immaculately

For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.
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William O’Connor
December 7, 2014
And yet the most remarkable thing about Gleeson wasn't his immaculately creepy looks—it was his immaculate performance.
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The house is eerily pristine and immaculately preserved; your visit is the only thing threatening to disturb it.
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January 17, 2014
At first, bar patrons thought the 52-year-old—immaculately dressed, an athletic blonde with shoulder-length hair—was snobby.
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A wealthy Indian in his mid-40s, Mahoney is immaculately dressed with a scarf and vintage spectacles.
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Historical Examples of immaculately

But the several fly-leaves were immaculately innocent of all sign of ownership.
Jerry
Jean Webster
They were always to be immaculately neat in their attire, and gentle in their ways.
Hepsey Burke
Frank Noyes Westcott
As she turned into her own street she met her husband, immaculately dressed.
In the Heart of a Fool
William Allen White
Among the late-comers was a middle-aged woman, immaculately clean.
The Angel of the Gila:
Cora Marsland
Nevertheless the due distinctions of rank were immaculately preserved.
Queen Victoria
Lytton Strachey

British Dictionary definitions for immaculately

immaculate

adjective

completely clean; extremely tidyhis clothes were immaculate

completely flawless, etcan immaculate rendering of the symphony

morally pure; free from sin or corruption

biology of only one colour, with no spots or markings

Derived Formsimmaculacy or immaculateness, nounimmaculately, adverb

Word Origin for immaculate

C15: from Latin immaculātus, from im- (not) + macula blemish

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Word Origin and History for immaculately

immaculate

adj.

early 15c., "free from mental or moral pollution, pure," from a figurative use of Latin immaculatus "unstained," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + maculatus "spotted, defiled," past participle of maculare "to spot," from macula "spot, blemish." The literal sense of "spotlessly clean or neat" in English is first attested 1735. Immaculate Conception is late 15c., from Middle French conception immaculée (late 15c.); declared to be an article of faith in 1854.