cleanlier; cleanliest
1
: careful to keep clean : fastidious
2
: habitually kept clean
Examples of cleanly in a Sentence
Adverb
A sharp knife will cut through the skin of a tomato cleanly.
This fuel burns more cleanly than other fuels.
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The ball slipped cleanly through the net just as time expired, and the arena in Chicago became unglued.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
David John Chávez, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
One major problem is that these delegations are seldom made cleanly.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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Adverb
The problem was that Cleveland disrupted Miami’s execution, so the Heat couldn’t get the first action off cleanly.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The ball slipped cleanly through the net just as time expired, and the arena in Chicago became unglued.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Director Jennifer Chang understands clearly and cleanly which moments need specific tones and moods.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
One major problem is that these delegations are seldom made cleanly.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
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“Cleanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleanly. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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