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[ adjective klen-lee; adverb kleen-lee ] / adjective ˈklɛn li; adverb ˈklin li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cleanly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, clean·li·er, clean·li·est.personally neat; careful to keep or make clean: The cat is by nature a cleanly animal. habitually kept clean. Obsolete. cleansing; making clean. Origin of cleanlybefore 900; Middle English clenlich(e), Old English clǣnlīc, equivalent to clǣneclean + -līc-ly OTHER WORDS FROM cleanlyclean·li·ness [klen-lee-nis], /ˈklɛn li nɪs/, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cleanlycleanliness , cleannessWords nearby cleanlycleaning woman, clean-limbed, cleanliness, Cleanliness is next to godliness, clean-living, cleanly, cleanness, cleanout, clean room, cleanse, cleanser Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cleanlyOne day, he took a monk with a cleanly shaven head and had him walk around a light bulb to demonstrate this theory. From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST But, in the end, it seems the two were unable to break as cleanly as they had hoped. Inside the Harry and Cressie Make Up: Britain’s Favorite Royal Is In Love|Tom Sykes|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST His hair is cleanly parted to the side, like a high-school yearbook photo. Brandon Wade: The Man Behind ‘Sugar Daddy’ Websites Miss Travel and Seeking Arrangement|Marlow Stern|May 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST She had this extraordinary ability to be deeply involved and cleanly detached. The Years of Magical Writing|Christopher Dickey|November 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Unlike the novel, it never bogs down in ideological sludge and moves swiftly and cleanly from scene to scene. Braving the Atlas Shrugged Crowd|Allen Barra|April 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST The weavers also appeared, cleanly dressed, in garments of their own weaving. Abigail Adams and Her Times|Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards One savage, nervous crunch of his needle-like young teeth, and the spinal cord was cleanly severed. Red Fox|Charles G. D. Roberts For these last take some broken pegs, and saw them off cleanly, just above the fork. Toy-Making at Home|Morley Adams He was a cleanly built person, in loose corduroy pants, blue shirt open at his neck. Steel|Charles Rumford Walker Thus they fatten like pigs, being about as cleanly, but scarce as useful. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber|James Aitken Wylie
British Dictionary definitions for cleanly
adverb (ˈkliːnlɪ)in a fair manner easily or smoothlythe screw went into the wood cleanly adjective (ˈklɛnlɪ) -lier or -liestDerived forms of cleanlycleanlily (ˈklɛnlɪlɪ), adverbcleanliness (ˈklɛnlɪnɪs), nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cleanlyclean, spotless, tidy |