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Cleanest

Clean \Clean\ (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. Cleaner (kl[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Cleanest.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.]

  1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

  2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

  3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, a clean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

  4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

  5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

    When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.
    --Lev. xxiii. 22.

  6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

    Create in me a clean heart, O God.
    --Ps. li. 10

    That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven
    --Tennyson.

  7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement.

  8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. ``Lothair is clean.''
    --F. Harrison.

  9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.

    A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection.

    Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4.

    To make a clean breast. See under Breast.

Wiktionary
cleanest

  1. (en-superlative of: clean) v

  2. (en-archaic second-person singular of clean English)

Usage examples of "cleanest".

He grabbed the cleanest dirty shirt from the hamper and pulled it over his head.

Ryan and Ben carried it inside out of the sun and covered it with the cleanest dirty sheet.

For sanctity, they have, to these, Their curious copes and surplices Of cleanest cobweb, hanging by In their religious vestery.

She took several deep breaths, as if sensing she breathed the cleanest air she would taste for many days.

In Iceland, large numbers of the population already have the cleanest power supply available.

Thus inspiring several irreverent comments,How can you tell being the cleanest of them.

It wasn't the cleanest of handkerchiefs, but Owen didn't think he'd say anything.

Essie's canvas satchels were two of the newest and cleanest, recently given to her by Mrs.