lil·y-white (l l  -hw t, -wt)adj. 1. White as a lily. 2. Beyond reproach; blameless. 3. Informal Excluding or seeking to exclude Black people. |
lily-white
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a pure white lily-white skin
2. Informal pure; irreproachable
3. US informal
a. discriminating against Blacks a lily-white club
b. racially segregated
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | lily-white - restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization" segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood" |
| 2. | lily-white - of a pure white color achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" |
lily-white
adjective
1. pure white, white, milk-white, white as snow Blood stained his lily-white shirt.
2. (Informal) innocent, pure, impeccable, virtuous, spotless, squeaky-clean, untainted, unsullied, untarnished, irreproachable their lily-white business ethics
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