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saintliness

/seynt-lee/US // ˈseɪnt li //UK // (ˈseɪntlɪ) //

圣洁,圣洁性,圣人,圣人精神

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    saint·li·er, saint·li·est.

    • : pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint: saintly lives.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmorality

Examples

  • Given the late Alex Trebek’s saintly reputation, and the fact that “Jeopardy!”

  • For much of her lifetime, she and her music stood in the shadow of her husband, the late John Coltrane, a jazz titan and a near saintly figure in 20th-century American music.

  • Following the incident, she has chosen self-exile, turning her back on her friends and community, even changing her name from Katie to Maud, which she believes is more saintly.

  • Not quite Jesus making wine, but there’s something saintly about a smoother southside mojito that helps save our oceans.

  • Yet, I dare any reader, no matter how saintly, not to love him.

  • Sometimes, that intense social judgment, that expectation of saintly loving maternal perfection, can destroy a mother.

  • Fleiss makes the film as a devotee would, depicting Weir in a saintly glow.

  • Top U.S. officials contribute with their daily evocation of saintly principles that the United States itself has often defied.

  • Why would God reward such saintly behavior with such a ghastly tragedy?

  • Diana came to see her as a sweet, saintly woman whose charity work was an inspiration.

  • Woman is a saintly and noble creature, but almost always misunderstood, and nearly always misjudged because she is misunderstood.

  • Back, back, good Christians, the saintly Peter will come and speak to you under the great tree.

  • I made a great effort, once more dismissed the recollections of the night, and fell once more to brooding on my saintly poetess.

  • He enjoined that the saintly teacher, having food and raiment of the most homely kind, ought therewith to be content.

  • Saintly pastors of the flock, like Carlo Borrommeo, carried on a crusade against these corruptors of public morals.