clean-living

[ kleen-liv-ing ]

adjective

1. conducting one's life so as to be beyond moral reproach.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clean-living¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

What unites them is their synthetic look and taste, which has made them a target for some clean-living advocates.

From BBC

The shopping habits of clean-living consumers are reflected in changes to the basket of goods and services used to calculate the rising cost of living.

From BBC

The allegation raises questions about how far Chinese officials carry their declared ideals of clean-living integrity into their heavily guarded homes.

From New York Times

A man who took up smoking at the age of 12 has kicked the habit and transformed himself into a clean-living amateur photographer.

From BBC

“That’s why Bun doesn’t smoke. Some clean-living type of football coach got to him at an impressionable age.”

From Literature

Related Words

• honest
• honorable
• noble
• principled
• righteous
• wholesome