lily white

[lil-ee-hwahyt, -wahyt, lil-ee-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈlɪl iˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt, ˈlɪl iˌʰwaɪt, -ˌwaɪt /

ADJECTIVE

pure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clean decent fresh good honest true

WEAK

babe in woods blameless celibate cherry continent exemplary guileless immaculate inculpable innocent inviolate irreproachable kid maidenly modest pure as driven snow righteous sinless spotless stainless unblemished unblighted uncorrupted undefiled unprofaned unspotted unstained unsullied upright virgin virtuous wet behind ears wide-eyed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dishonest evil false fraudulent unreal unsuitable untrustworthy unvirtuous

WEAK

applied contaminated corrupt dirty immodest impure indecent indefinite mixed obscene polluted tainted uncertain unchaste ungenuine vulgar

lily-white

ADJECTIVE

exemplary

Synonyms

WEAK

admirable batting a thousand blameless bueno characteristic classic classical commendable correct estimable excellent faultless good guiltless honorable illustrative inculpable innocent irreprehensible irreproachable laudable meritorious model neato not bad not too shabby paradigmatic praiseworthy prototypical punctilious pure quintessential representative righteous sterling typical unblamable virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

innocent

Synonyms

WEAK

above suspicion angelic angelical chaste clean cleanhanded clear crimeless exemplary faultless free of good guilt-free guiltless harmless honest immaculate impeccable impeccant in the clear inculpable irreproachable lawful legal legitimate licit not guilty pristine pure pure as the driven snow righteous safe sinless spotless stainless unblamable unblemished uncensurable uncorrupt uncorrupted undefiled unimpeachable uninvolved unoffending unstained unsullied untainted upright virginal virtuous

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I think I get your overall point, but I don't believe it is fully fitting to characterize Evangelicalism as "the lily white religion."

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017

My face is lily white because I can't go off to the Bahamas on a holiday.

From Time Magazine Archive

The book was parodic frontier realism, a Frederic Remington painting with the colors put in by numbers: courageous red, sky blue, lily white and Zane gray.

From Time Magazine Archive

A dream that haunts my memory's sight— Your hair of moonlight, face of snow, And eyes, blue stars of laughing light, O girl, so like a lily white!

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

The lily white shall be your smock, Becomes your body neat; And your head shall be deck’d with jelly-flower, And the primrose in your breast.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

lily white

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