spotlessly

IPA/ˈspɒtləsli/
IPA/ˈspɑːtləsli/

spotlessly — adverb

1. so that no dirt, marks, or stains can be seen on a place, object, or surface.

1.副詞B2
釋義

so that no dirt, marks, or stains can be seen on a place, object, or surface.

例句

Mira kept the clinic bathroom spotlessly clean before patients arrived each morning.

keep + object + spotlessly clean

After lunch, Omar scrubbed the sink spotlessly clean before his mother came home.

scrub + object + spotlessly clean

同義詞
  • immaculately

    slightly more formal and often suggests elegance as well as perfect cleanliness

  • neatly

    weaker; focuses on order and tidiness rather than the total absence of dirt

  • cleanly

    can describe a smooth or efficient action, not only a perfectly clean result

反義詞
  • messily

    describes a result that is untidy or still leaves dirt around

文法句型

spotlessly + clean

verb + object + spotlessly clean

用法筆記

Most often appears with clean or after verbs such as keep, scrub, polish, and leave to emphasize that absolutely no visible dirt remains.

常見錯誤

❌The room was spotlessly after the cleaners left.
✅The room was spotlessly clean after the cleaners left.
💡'spotlessly' is an adverb, so it usually modifies 'clean' or a cleaning verb instead of standing alone after 'be'.