clean-cut
adjective
1
: cut so that the surface or edge is smooth and even
2
: sharply defined
3
: of wholesome appearance
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What keeps us from reaching our richest selves, however, isn’t as clean-cut.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Apr. 2025
Everything was clean-cut, form-fitting and streamlined.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Bournemouth were portrayed as a fairytale; a small club from a genteel resort town on England’s south coast who climbed through the divisions playing their football in a tippy-tappy way, led by their youthful, clean-cut manager.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
The garments are typically clean-cut and come in oversized silhouettes.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Apr. 2025
Everything was clean-cut, form-fitting and streamlined.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Bournemouth were portrayed as a fairytale; a small club from a genteel resort town on England’s south coast who climbed through the divisions playing their football in a tippy-tappy way, led by their youthful, clean-cut manager.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
The garments are typically clean-cut and come in oversized silhouettes.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clean-cut
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“Clean-cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean-cut. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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