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cleanly

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cleanly

according to the rules or the law

  • it was a cleanly fought match, so you have no grounds for complaint
Synonyms of cleanly

clean, fair, fairly, legally
Words Related to cleanly

ethically, high-mindedly, morally, nobly

honorably
Near Antonyms of cleanly

ignobly, immorally, underhandedly, unethically

dishonorably
Antonyms of cleanly

dirty, illegally

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