[
US
/ˈkɫinɫi/
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ADVERB
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smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
she played the piano accompaniment cleanly
the gymnast landed flawlessly
he bounced it cleanly off the wall -
in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution
the motor burns cleanly
ADJECTIVE
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habitually clean
cleanly in their persons and habitations
How To Use cleanly In A Sentence
- They found it difficult to cleanly isolate this property as an aspect.
- The chemical industry is under pressure to reduce its impact on the environment and to run its operations as cleanly and efficiently as possible.
- Persons must indeed be of very uncleanly habits, whose heads absolutely require the aid of this comb, as the brush alone sufficiently possesses the power of effectually cleaning the hair from scurf, dandriff, and dust, if constantly used. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies
- A large incinerator has been operating in south Bramalea for some years now, cleanly burning up garbage, all the while pumping electricity on to the nearby power grid.
- Only the distance of history lets us believe that such events are ever carried out cleanly and efficiently.
- This sort of abuse will break a too brittle blade or loosen a flimsy blade pivot, but it stood up to this challenge before shaving off more ribbons of paper as cleanly as it had at the beginning.
- I guess the Oxford English Dictionary cuts it more cleanly with a black and white approach.
- Two: I have caused there to be cleanly disposal of wastes that threatened the health of our parish. THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL
- She would cut the cord that bound her to them cleanly and irrevocably.
- The northern flank is hollowed by a giant chalkpit with cleanly cut sides. Times, Sunday Times