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Cleanlier

Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. Cleanlier; superl. Cleanliest.] [From Clean.]

  1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. ``Cleanly joys.''
    --Glanvill.

    Some plain but cleanly country maid.
    --Dryden.

    Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
    --Goldsmith.

  2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] ``With cleanly powder dry their hair.''
    --Prior.

  3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]

    Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
    --Spenser.

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cleanlier

a. (en-comparative of: cleanly)

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cleanlier

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cleanly

  1. adj. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"

  2. adv. in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall" [syn: flawlessly]

  3. without distortion; "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"

  4. [also: cleanliest, cleanlier]

Usage examples of "cleanlier".

It was no worse than what he had worn most of his boyhood in the Norfolk marsh, but Vikings, he had noticed, were cleanlier than Englishmen, or at least than English churls.

There was only one mitigating circumstance, though I doubt that Motecuzóma found much comfort in the fact: the Texcalteca were notably cleanlier in their habits and much better smelling than an equal number of white men.