cleanlier; cleanliest
1
: careful to keep clean : fastidious
2
: habitually kept clean
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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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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
With one run already in and a runner on third with one out in the first, Luciano lined up on the cut of the infield grass and cleanly picked a sharp chopper off the bat of Christian Walker.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
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Adverb
Roy doubled the lead nine minutes later, beating Dostal cleanly with a right-handed rocket from the blue line for his fifth goal.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
With one run already in and a runner on third with one out in the first, Luciano lined up on the cut of the infield grass and cleanly picked a sharp chopper off the bat of Christian Walker.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Cleanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleanly. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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