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- adjective
superlative form ofsaintly : mostsaintly .
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Examples
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I suppose I meant "welcome" in the same sense that God welcomes all of us, the saintliest to the most unrepentant, to better know him.
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I've sworn truth out of England myself all too often, and seen the saintliest specimens lie themselves black and blue for the unlikeliest reasons.
Watershed 2010
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Pontificating to a group of people you don't know is always a little rude, but pontificating on a topic where many of them know vastly more than you do, and getting really basic things wrong, would try the patience of the saintliest moderator i.e. abi.
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Thus the saintliest of Rabbis, whom may never have trodden the Primrose Path, are deemed less worthy than a sinner who has sincerely repented.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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He would be the saintliest patriot since Jean de Arc, except he puts himself on a pedestal above comparison, least of all with a poor woman of purest heart who believed her place was putting men to her sword, exactly as angelic women's voices instructed in her dreams.
Winning The Peace : The Obamazation of Our Nation | miscellani.org 2009
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And even if they do, it's asking a little too much that the man of my dreams has the saintliest and most unselfish mate this side of Francis of Assisi...
Twats and Bratz juliette 2008
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Believe me, there have been many temptations and down right provocations that would test the determination of even the saintliest of all.
The Early Word: Twelve Days - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Lescroix loved it when that happened since even the saintliest witness sounded like a liar.
More Twisted Stories Vol II Deaver, Jeffery 2006
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I've sworn truth out of England myself all too often, and seen the saintliest specimens lie themselves black and blue for the unlikeliest reasons.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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Like her mother, she lived to a very advanced age and when she departed this life the world lost one of its saintliest characters.
As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur
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