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Definition of "clean-living" []

  • Living in a manner above moral reproach; especially, abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse and excessive drunkenness. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "clean-living" in a sentence
  • "Wordsworth was feeling drained after prolonged exposure to an unwell Coleridge and suggested to the clean-living Montague that Coleridge was a far from pleasant houseguest; in fact he called him an ‘absolute nuisance’."
  • "One can think of different adjectives to describe the state, religious, conservative, family-oriented, outdoorsy, clean-living, but few would have guessed top-pornography-consuming."
  • "O'Brien had been a clean-living young man with ideals."