Immaculately

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that is flawlessly clean, devoid of any imperfections or dirt, while also indicating moral purity and absence of wrongdoing
2. In a manner characterized by being completely unblemished and spotlessly clean, alongside the quality of being ethically impeccable or innocent
3. In a manner that is perfectly clean or neat without any flaw or dirt ; in a way that shows complete moral integrity and innocence

Etymology: Immaculately is a plain formation: the adjective "immaculate" with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly" added to the end. The adjective came into English from Latin "immaculatus", meaning "unstained" or "unspotted", built from the prefix "in-" meaning "not" and "maculatus", "spotted" or "stained", from "macula", a spot or blemish. The Latin word is in turn related to the English "mail", as in chain mail, through the image of a mesh of interlocking links, though that connection is a distant one. The suffix has a longer ancestry. "-ly" descends from Old English "-līce", which was itself tied to the noun "līc", meaning body or form, so that a word like "godlīce" once meant "in a godly body or manner." Over the centuries the ending wore down to "-ly" and was attached to almost any adjective to turn it into an adverb, so "immaculately" simply means "in an immaculate manner."

Synonyms: perfectly, flawlessly, spotlessly, neatly, exquisitely

Antonyms: imperfectly, messily, faultily, sloppily, carelessly