Antonyms for apple-pie


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ap-uh l-pahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp əlˌpaɪ


Definition of apple-pie

  • As in impeccable : adj above suspicion; flawless
Example sentences :
  • Can he keep things in apple-pie order, and do half a dozen at once?
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • He surveyed the apple-pie order of the interior with vast satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • And he was devoted to his books, which were in apple-pie order.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
  • I cannot find it among his papers—which, for the rest, are in apple-pie order.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Mr. Slee says everything will be in apple-pie order to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • My striker appears to have put everything in apple-pie order.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Everything was in apple-pie order, ready for immediate occupation.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
  • Reminded me o' the time we thought we was drunk on apple-pie in New England.
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • About a month after this, I was busy making an apple-pie in the kitchen.
  • Extract from : « Roughing it in the Bush » by Susanna Moodie
  • You fitted her out in apple-pie order, and she'll soon be there. '
  • Extract from : « The Lady of the Aroostook » by William Dean Howells

Synonyms for apple-pie

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