Antonyms for speckless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : spek
Phonetic Transcription : spɛk


Definition of speckless

Origin :
  • Old English specca "small spot, stain," of unknown origin; probably related to Dutch speckel "speck, speckle," Middle Dutch spekelen "to sprinkle." Meaning "tiny bit" developed c.1400.
  • As in clean : adj not dirty; uncluttered
  • As in unsoiled : adj clean
Example sentences :
  • All the wood used was new and speckless, and smelt sweet and clean.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • I was aware that the room was speckless; but for all that, Leeby was turning it upside down.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • I gazed horror-struck at my speckless matting and pale Oriental rugs.
  • Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley
  • His clothes were speckless, faultless, fitting irreproachably.
  • Extract from : « The Life of James McNeill Whistler » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • It is spotless, speckless, and of a certain quality by no means despicable.
  • Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope
  • Yet no beggar in rags ever appeared to me half so loathly as did this speckless dandy!
  • Extract from : « Miriam Monfort » by Catherine A. Warfield
  • Her little house was in spotless, speckless order from top to bottom.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Probably my boots were speckless, but that made no difference; he jeered and sneered.
  • Extract from : « My Lady Nicotine » by J. M. Barrie
  • But the sky was speckless and no sounds came from the Gratz farmhouse.
  • Extract from : « The Hosts of the Air » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • And his simple evening dress of speckless black became him well.
  • Extract from : « Ishmael » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Synonyms for speckless

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