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

1
First recorded in 1915–20

Words Nearby clean-living

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How to use clean-living in a sentence

  • Presently Tom joined them and invited them to dinner in the crudely furnished but spotlessly clean living-room of the cabin.

    The Gaunt Gray Wolf | Dillon Wallace
  • Both were dressed in white flannels and had the unmistakable look of clean-living athletes.

  • Four years of hard work and clean living had done for him everything that it lies in years to do.

    The Man From Glengarry | Ralph Connor
  • Outdoor life, clean living and vigorous exercise had left their stamp on face and frame.

  • He had the traditions of an honorable family to carry on, and those traditions were honor, integrity, clean living and work.

    The Breaking Point | Mary Roberts Rinehart