cleanness

[ kleen-nis ]

/ ˈklin nɪs /

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noun

the state or quality of having clean or trim lines: the cleanness of the aircraft’s design.

the state or quality of being gracefully spare, or forceful and simple: the author’s cleanness of style and expression.

the quality or state of being clean and neat; cleanliness:the cleanness of the air.

Origin of cleanness

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English clennesse, clennes, see origin at clean, -ness

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cleanness

cleanliness, cleanness

Words nearby cleanness

clean-limbed, cleanliness, Cleanliness is next to godliness, clean-living, cleanly, cleanness, cleanout, clean room, cleanse, cleanser, clean-shaven

Example sentences from the Web for cleanness

We entered a low whitewashed room, with a stone floor that showed an admirable degree of cleanness.
Three Years in Europe|William Wells Brown
It was a dog—yet no such dog as had ever before sullied the cleanness of The Place's well-scoured veranda.
Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune
The first impression he gave was one of cleanness and good humour.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
For the third thing, thou shalt wit that cleanness behoves to be kept in heart, in mouth and in work.
The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises|Richard Rolle of Hampole

We were surprised at the cleanness and neatness of the building, and at the large number of people within it.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus