| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, decent, modest, nice, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See GOOD, RESTRAINT, SEX. 2. Free from evil and corruption: angelic, angelical, clean, innocent, lily-white, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal. Idioms: pure as the driven snow. See CLEAN, RIGHT, SEX. 3. Free from extraneous elements: absolute, perfect, plain, sheer2, simple, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN. 4. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: full-strength, neat, plain, straight, unblended, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN, STRONG. 5. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, sheer2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter2. Informal : flat-out, positive. Chiefly British : blooming. See BIG, LIMITED.
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