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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The Song Sung Blue actor swapped his clean-cut ethos in favor of a grizzled beard and long silver hair for The Death of Robin Hood.
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
Tonatiuh’s Molina can be frivolous one moment, maternal the next, appearing clean-cut, closeted and Cary Grant-like in the fantasy numbers.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
Scheffler, who has cultivated a clean-cut, focused image on the PGA Tour, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The description calls for folks who are clean-cut and are office types.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
Tonatiuh’s Molina can be frivolous one moment, maternal the next, appearing clean-cut, closeted and Cary Grant-like in the fantasy numbers.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
Scheffler, who has cultivated a clean-cut, focused image on the PGA Tour, expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The description calls for folks who are clean-cut and are office types.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Clean-cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean-cut. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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