Cleanly Definition

klēnlē
cleanlier, cleanliest
adverb
In a clean manner.
Webster's New World

Neatly.

Wiktionary

Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.

We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly.
Fortunately, the bullet passed cleanly through your shoulder.
Wiktionary

Innocently; without stain.

Wiktionary

Adroitly; dexterously.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
cleanlier, cleanliest
Keeping oneself or one's surroundings clean.
Webster's New World
Always kept clean.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cleanly

Adjective

Base Form:
cleanly
Comparative:
cleanlier
Superlative:
cleanliest

Origin of Cleanly

  • From Middle English clenly, clenliche, clanly, from Old English clǣnlīc (“cleanly, pure, excellent”), equivalent to clean +‎ -ly.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English clenly, clenli, clenliche, from Old English clǣnlīċe (“cleanly”), equivalent to clean +‎ -ly.

    From Wiktionary

Cleanly Sentence Examples

  • After you can play each chord cleanly, you will want to practice moving between them.

  • Polynesians generally are of singularly cleanly habits, love bathing, and have a taste for neatness and order.

  • He had never in his life seen a horizon so cleanly defined, a pencil line drawn without a breath of haze.

  • Keeping in mind that dogs may relieve themselves at any time, just how cleanly is the building?

  • A dog's nail is tough and thick, and most traditional clippers don't have the capability to trim the nail cleanly.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLE

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YLYNLY

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Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

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