cleanlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈklɛnli/, U.S.

/ˈklɛnli/

Forms: Old English clǽnlíc, Middle English clenlich, clanli, Middle English–1600s clenly, clenlie, 1500s clenely, cleanely, ( clendly), Middle English– cleanly.

Etymology: Old English clǽnlíc , < clǽne, clean n. + líc body: literally ‘clean-bodied’, having cleanness as a personal characteristic. See -ly suffix¹. It appears to have been first used of moral or spiritual purity, and thence extended to certain senses of clean n., but its main sense still refers to habit and tendency rather than to actual state: a cleanly person may be for the moment dirty, but will as soon as possible make himself clean.

†1. Morally or spiritually clean; pure; innocent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective]

cleanlyc888

unwemmedc950

clean971

lightOE

whiteOE

unfiledc1200

shire?c1225

sheenc1275

wemlessc1275

undefouled13..

undefoileda1325

purec1330

unbleckedc1380

unfouledc1380

clear1382

impollutec1384

unblemishedc1400

undefiledc1400

unspottedc1400

virginc1400

spotless?a1430

immaculate1441

uncorruptc1450

unpollushed1490

intemeratea1492

incorrupted1529

unmaculate1535

impolluted1548

crystallinec1550

incorrupt1550

uncorrupted1565

undistained1565

unstained1573

entire1587

taintless1590

untainted1590

stainless1599

unsmirched1604

intemerated1608

indepravate1609

chastea1616

uncurseda1628

undishonested1631

untaint1638

Adamical1649

sincere1649

undebaucheda1656

unaccurseda1674

amiantal1674

unsoiled1699

unpolluted1732

society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > [adjective]

cleanlyc888

cleanc1000

pure1611

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxi Sin hig scipas gesamnaþ mid clænlicre lufe.

a1000 Boeth. Metr. xi. 183 Clænlice lufe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26354 Of shrift clanli.

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 47 The honds of a cleanly Clerke.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 63 Your Priest..that thinks himselfe the purer, or the cleanlier in his office for his new washt Surplesse.

1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. b2^v Humane nature meets few more sweetly relishing and cleanly joys, then those, that derive from..successful Tryals.

1683 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 73 A man of so sober, so cleanly, and so approved a Behaviour.

†2. Clean: as clothes, or the like. (Possibly the sense may sometimes have been clean-looking.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective]

cleanc897

fair?c1225

netc1330

cleanly1340

unspotted1382

blotless?a1400

unwemmeda1400

spotlessc1400

neat1494

unblotted1548

unstained1555

stainlessa1586

exempt1586

unsoiledc1592

undefiled1596

unsullied1598

dirtlessa1618

immaculatea1631

innocent1645

unsmeared1648

unsmutched1809

speckless1827

spandy-clean1838

unblackened1864

soilless1868

smudgeless1924

clinical1932

squeaky clean1975

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 216 He zayþ þet hi ssolle habbe clenliche cloþinge.

c1460 Launfal 201 Me fawtede..Clenly brech and scherte.

1488 Will of Sir Edmund Shaa (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 100 A clenly dore of Iron for to open and shette.

1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi^v Although that this superfluyte be no[t] clendly, yet, etc.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C7 By her cleanly garment catching hold.

a. Of persons (or beasts): Addicted to cleanness, habitually clean; careful to avoid filth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > desirous of or inclined to cleanness

clean1569

neat1577

cleanlya1600

a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 5 Seruauntes ought..For to be clenly of their bodyes.

1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal Satire XI 120 in J. Dryden Satires Juvenal & Persius 223 Some plain, but cleanly Country-maid.

1713 J. Addison Guardian No. 156 An Ant..is a very cleanly Insect.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 It was imagined, that by living apart, they would be much cleanlier.

1885 C. Monkhouse in Mag. of Art Sept. 471/1 [Dutch tiles] were found convenient by a proverbially cleanly people.

b. Also of personal belongings: Habitually kept clean.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > habitually kept clean

cleanly1653

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 47 An honest cleanly Alehouse that I know right well.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 49 A cleanly room, Lavender in the windowes.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 11 Displays her cleanly platter on the board.

4. Conducing to or promoting cleanness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > conducive to cleanness

cleanly?1611

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 135 In times of cleanly peace.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. i. i. i. 3 A cleanly diet.

1718 M. Prior Alma ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 354 In our Fantastic Climes the Fair With cleanly Powder dry their Hair.

1794 R. Southey Retrospect The due observance of the cleanly law.

1823 C. Lamb Grace before Meat in Elia 216 They eat..with indifference, calmness, and cleanly circumstances.

†5.

a. Of actions: Neatly executed, adroit, dexterous, clever, deft, artful; = clean adj. 11. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]

keena1000

nimbleOE

wittya1100

smeighc1200

understandingc1200

aperta1330

skillwisea1340

witted1377

intelligiblea1382

well-feelinga1382

knowinga1398

finec1400

large?a1425

well-knowingc1425

of understanding1428

capax1432

sententiousc1440

well-wittedc1450

intellectual?a1475

clean1485

industriousc1487

intellective1509

cleanlyc1540

ingenious?a1560

fine-headed1574

conceited1579

conceitful1594

intelligenced1596

dexter1597

ingenuous1598

intelligent1598

senseful1598

parted1600

thinking1605

dexterical1607

solert1612

apprehensivea1616

dexterous1622

solertic1623

intelligential1646

callent1656

cunning1671

thoughtful1674

perceptive1696

clever1716

uptaking1756

spiritual1807

bright1815

gnostic1819

knowledgeable1825

brainy1845

opulent1851

opening1872

super-cerebral1916

brainiac1976

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > skilful or adroit > of actions, speech, etc.

feat1519

cleanlyc1540

neat1598

dexterous1639

clever1692

c1540 in Fisher's Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. Introd. 46 [The kinge] thought it a..cleanly excuse to aleadge the trooble of his conscience.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 9^v Her husband by and by..deuysde a clenly lye.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 857 Each practise ill Of coosinage and cleanly knauerie.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xi. 17 This cleanly..conveyance to rid away those he hated.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 1 By a cleanly Conveyance under the Table, to slip a short Note in Lewis's hand.

†b. Deft in action, clever, smart. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 12 For euery hundreth verses (which a cleanely pen could speedely dispatch) he had a hundred angels.

†6. Of language, etc.: Neat, elegant; = clean adj. 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > correct

clean1528

cleanly1579

correct1676

puristical1852

puristic1854

purist1856

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 79 He concludeth in fine Latine and cleanly termes.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης vi. 50 The words are good, the fiction smooth and cleanly.

Compounds

cleanly-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xix. 366 Houses with many cleanly-looking half-caste Portuguese.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cleanlyadv.

/ˈkliːnli/

Etymology: Old English clǽnlíc : see -ly suffix².

a. In a clean manner; in various senses of the adjective: without dirt or stain, purely, chastely, innocently, clearly, neatly, exactly, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb]

cleanc1000

cleanlyc1200

spotlesslya1671

cleanlily1698

innocently1715

specklessly1862

society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb]

cleanlyc1200

shirelyc1230

purely?a1425

undefiledly1548

sincerely1578

unspottedly1598

purea1616

immaculately1620

intemeratelya1631

spotlesslya1671

stainlessly1882

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > correctly

cleanly1695

correctlya1704

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with careful exactness

gradely1340

just1417

featlya1450

accurately1581

severely1600

rigidly1610

cleanly1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]

rightlyeOE

righteOE

evenOE

evenlya1225

redlyc1275

justicelya1375

justilya1375

justlya1375

redilya1375

trulya1375

properlya1382

precisec1392

preciselyc1392

truec1392

straitlya1395

leala1400

arightc1405

by linec1420

justlyc1425

featlya1450

rule-righta1450

to the letter?1495

exquisitely1526

evenliklya1530

very1530

absolutely1538

jump1539

just1568

accurately1581

punctually1581

jumplya1586

arights1596

just so1601

plumb1601

compassly1606

nicelya1616

squarely1626

justa1631

adequately1632

mathematicallya1638

critically1655

exquisitively1660

just1665

pointedly1667

faithfully1690

correctlya1704

jus1801

jest1815

jes1851

neat1875

cleanly1883

on the nose1883

smack-dab1892

spot on1920

forensically1974

c1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet (1888) 107 Gyf þæt clænlice and mid ande don hi.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 26432 Yit quat o man es clenli scriuen.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxvii. 1071 Þey clenseþ woundes and heleþ ful clenliche.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 11 Noȝt so clenly kepte as schuld seme suche a Prince.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxix Them clenlyer to dyght.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 162 Ile purge..and liue cleanlie as a noble man should do.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 87 As the sacred Writer cleanly and modestly expresses it.

1883 Proctor in Knowledge 6 July 12/2 It [a telescope] comes sharply and cleanly into focus.

1886 Book-lore Mar. 109 Twenty-seven folio volumes..had been so cleanly drilled through by the larva of this beetle, that a string might be run through the hole.

†b. Completely, wholly, entirely, quite; = clean adv. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full > with no exceptions > without omission or qualification

cleana1000

cleanlyc1050

c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 322 Gif þær beon læs manna þonne þæt lamb mæge fretan, þonne nyme he hys neahgebur þe him gehendost sy, þæt he mæge þæt lamb clænlice fretan.

c1275 Laȝamon Brut 26148 Þo was Arthur his ferde Clanliche igadered.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 434 Heo clanlyche yt versok.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 341 Al his ofspringe..was clenliche destroyed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15556 Al þe care yee nu sal haf, clenli yee sal for-gett.

c1400 Melayne 494 Alle that was than in that place Thay slewe clenly.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 30^v For ay mirth clenlie I quitclame.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 82 At this time Church-men cleanly carried the cognisance of such offences.

†c. Ably; cleverly, adroitly, artfully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb]

craftilyeOE

craftlyOE

smeighlyc1200

slylyc1275

quaintlyc1300

wittily1362

cunninglyc1385

subtilelyc1405

knowinglyc1450

industriouslyc1487

ingeniously1548

cleanly1583

intelligently1601

dexterously1605

conceitedly1606

cleverly1654

gnostically1823

comprehendingly1866

brainily1905

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly

slylyc1275

sly1370

featly1436

addresslya1500

sleightly?c1510

clean1531

trickly1542

neatlya1547

trick1564

cleanly1583

cleverly1654

clever1664

adroitly1695

adeptly1804

slick1825

shrewdly1851

cleverishly1881

slickly1893

niftily1901

eptly1974

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L1^v They will read you their seruice faire and cleanly.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 862 With which he thousands cleanly coosined.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 90^v Cleanly coyned lyes.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 528 They cleanly and slily winde themselves out of the authority of God.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cleanly
释义	cleanlyadj. Brit. /ˈklɛnli/, U.S. /ˈklɛnli/ Forms: Old English clǽnlíc, Middle English clenlich, clanli, Middle English–1600s clenly, clenlie, 1500s clenely, cleanely, ( clendly), Middle English– cleanly. Etymology: Old English clǽnlíc , < clǽne, clean n. + líc body: literally ‘clean-bodied’, having cleanness as a personal characteristic. See -ly suffix¹. It appears to have been first used of moral or spiritual purity, and thence extended to certain senses of clean n., but its main sense still refers to habit and tendency rather than to actual state: a cleanly person may be for the moment dirty, but will as soon as possible make himself clean. †1. Morally or spiritually clean; pure; innocent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] cleanlyc888 unwemmedc950 clean971 lightOE whiteOE unfiledc1200 shire?c1225 sheenc1275 wemlessc1275 undefouled13.. undefoileda1325 purec1330 unbleckedc1380 unfouledc1380 clear1382 impollutec1384 unblemishedc1400 undefiledc1400 unspottedc1400 virginc1400 spotless?a1430 immaculate1441 uncorruptc1450 unpollushed1490 intemeratea1492 incorrupted1529 unmaculate1535 impolluted1548 crystallinec1550 incorrupt1550 uncorrupted1565 undistained1565 unstained1573 entire1587 taintless1590 untainted1590 stainless1599 unsmirched1604 intemerated1608 indepravate1609 chastea1616 uncurseda1628 undishonested1631 untaint1638 Adamical1649 sincere1649 undebaucheda1656 unaccurseda1674 amiantal1674 unsoiled1699 unpolluted1732 society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > [adjective] cleanlyc888 cleanc1000 pure1611 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxi Sin hig scipas gesamnaþ mid clænlicre lufe. a1000 Boeth. Metr. xi. 183 Clænlice lufe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26354 Of shrift clanli. 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 47 The honds of a cleanly Clerke. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 63 Your Priest..that thinks himselfe the purer, or the cleanlier in his office for his new washt Surplesse. 1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. b2^v Humane nature meets few more sweetly relishing and cleanly joys, then those, that derive from..successful Tryals. 1683 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 73 A man of so sober, so cleanly, and so approved a Behaviour. †2. Clean: as clothes, or the like. (Possibly the sense may sometimes have been clean-looking.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] cleanc897 fair?c1225 netc1330 cleanly1340 unspotted1382 blotless?a1400 unwemmeda1400 spotlessc1400 neat1494 unblotted1548 unstained1555 stainlessa1586 exempt1586 unsoiledc1592 undefiled1596 unsullied1598 dirtlessa1618 immaculatea1631 innocent1645 unsmeared1648 unsmutched1809 speckless1827 spandy-clean1838 unblackened1864 soilless1868 smudgeless1924 clinical1932 squeaky clean1975 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 216 He zayþ þet hi ssolle habbe clenliche cloþinge. c1460 Launfal 201 Me fawtede..Clenly brech and scherte. 1488 Will of Sir Edmund Shaa (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 100 A clenly dore of Iron for to open and shette. 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vi^v Although that this superfluyte be no[t] clendly, yet, etc. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C7 By her cleanly garment catching hold. 3. a. Of persons (or beasts): Addicted to cleanness, habitually clean; careful to avoid filth. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > desirous of or inclined to cleanness clean1569 neat1577 cleanlya1600 a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 5 Seruauntes ought..For to be clenly of their bodyes. 1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal Satire XI 120 in J. Dryden Satires Juvenal & Persius 223 Some plain, but cleanly Country-maid. 1713 J. Addison Guardian No. 156 An Ant..is a very cleanly Insect. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 It was imagined, that by living apart, they would be much cleanlier. 1885 C. Monkhouse in Mag. of Art Sept. 471/1 [Dutch tiles] were found convenient by a proverbially cleanly people. b. Also of personal belongings: Habitually kept clean. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > habitually kept clean cleanly1653 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 47 An honest cleanly Alehouse that I know right well. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 49 A cleanly room, Lavender in the windowes. View more context for this quotation 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 11 Displays her cleanly platter on the board. 4. Conducing to or promoting cleanness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > conducive to cleanness cleanly?1611 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 135 In times of cleanly peace. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. i. i. i. 3 A cleanly diet. 1718 M. Prior Alma ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 354 In our Fantastic Climes the Fair With cleanly Powder dry their Hair. 1794 R. Southey Retrospect The due observance of the cleanly law. 1823 C. Lamb Grace before Meat in Elia 216 They eat..with indifference, calmness, and cleanly circumstances. †5. a. Of actions: Neatly executed, adroit, dexterous, clever, deft, artful; = clean adj. 11. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > skilful or adroit > of actions, speech, etc. feat1519 cleanlyc1540 neat1598 dexterous1639 clever1692 c1540 in Fisher's Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. Introd. 46 [The kinge] thought it a..cleanly excuse to aleadge the trooble of his conscience. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 9^v Her husband by and by..deuysde a clenly lye. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 857 Each practise ill Of coosinage and cleanly knauerie. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. xi. 17 This cleanly..conveyance to rid away those he hated. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 1 By a cleanly Conveyance under the Table, to slip a short Note in Lewis's hand. †b. Deft in action, clever, smart. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 12 For euery hundreth verses (which a cleanely pen could speedely dispatch) he had a hundred angels. †6. Of language, etc.: Neat, elegant; = clean adj. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > correct clean1528 cleanly1579 correct1676 puristical1852 puristic1854 purist1856 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 79 He concludeth in fine Latine and cleanly termes. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης vi. 50 The words are good, the fiction smooth and cleanly. Compounds cleanly-looking adj. ΚΠ 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xix. 366 Houses with many cleanly-looking half-caste Portuguese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cleanlyadv. /ˈkliːnli/ Etymology: Old English clǽnlíc : see -ly suffix². a. In a clean manner; in various senses of the adjective: without dirt or stain, purely, chastely, innocently, clearly, neatly, exactly, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb] cleanc1000 cleanlyc1200 spotlesslya1671 cleanlily1698 innocently1715 specklessly1862 society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb] cleanlyc1200 shirelyc1230 purely?a1425 undefiledly1548 sincerely1578 unspottedly1598 purea1616 immaculately1620 intemeratelya1631 spotlesslya1671 stainlessly1882 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adverb] > correctly cleanly1695 correctlya1704 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with careful exactness gradely1340 just1417 featlya1450 accurately1581 severely1600 rigidly1610 cleanly1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 c1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet (1888) 107 Gyf þæt clænlice and mid ande don hi. a1300 Cursor Mundi 26432 Yit quat o man es clenli scriuen. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxvii. 1071 Þey clenseþ woundes and heleþ ful clenliche. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 11 Noȝt so clenly kepte as schuld seme suche a Prince. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxix Them clenlyer to dyght. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 162 Ile purge..and liue cleanlie as a noble man should do. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 87 As the sacred Writer cleanly and modestly expresses it. 1883 Proctor in Knowledge 6 July 12/2 It [a telescope] comes sharply and cleanly into focus. 1886 Book-lore Mar. 109 Twenty-seven folio volumes..had been so cleanly drilled through by the larva of this beetle, that a string might be run through the hole. †b. Completely, wholly, entirely, quite; = clean adv. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full > with no exceptions > without omission or qualification cleana1000 cleanlyc1050 c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 322 Gif þær beon læs manna þonne þæt lamb mæge fretan, þonne nyme he hys neahgebur þe him gehendost sy, þæt he mæge þæt lamb clænlice fretan. c1275 Laȝamon Brut 26148 Þo was Arthur his ferde Clanliche igadered. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 434 Heo clanlyche yt versok. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 341 Al his ofspringe..was clenliche destroyed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15556 Al þe care yee nu sal haf, clenli yee sal for-gett. c1400 Melayne 494 Alle that was than in that place Thay slewe clenly. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 30^v For ay mirth clenlie I quitclame. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 82 At this time Church-men cleanly carried the cognisance of such offences. †c. Ably; cleverly, adroitly, artfully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb] craftilyeOE craftlyOE smeighlyc1200 slylyc1275 quaintlyc1300 wittily1362 cunninglyc1385 subtilelyc1405 knowinglyc1450 industriouslyc1487 ingeniously1548 cleanly1583 intelligently1601 dexterously1605 conceitedly1606 cleverly1654 gnostically1823 comprehendingly1866 brainily1905 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly slylyc1275 sly1370 featly1436 addresslya1500 sleightly?c1510 clean1531 trickly1542 neatlya1547 trick1564 cleanly1583 cleverly1654 clever1664 adroitly1695 adeptly1804 slick1825 shrewdly1851 cleverishly1881 slickly1893 niftily1901 eptly1974 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L1^v They will read you their seruice faire and cleanly. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 862 With which he thousands cleanly coosined. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 90^v Cleanly coyned lyes. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 528 They cleanly and slily winde themselves out of the authority of God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c888adv.c1050
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