The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. Cleanlier; superl. Cleanliest.] [From Clean.]
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Habitually clean; pure; innocent. ``Cleanly joys.''
--Glanvill.Some plain but cleanly country maid.
--Dryden.Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
--Goldsmith. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] ``With cleanly powder dry their hair.''
--Prior.-
Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]
Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: cleanly)
WordNet
See cleanly
adj. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
adv. in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall" [syn: flawlessly]
without distortion; "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"
[also: cleanliest, cleanlier]
Usage examples of "cleanliest".
And as for the matter of the alleged uncleanliness of our business, ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown, and which, upon the whole, will triumphantly plant the sperm whale-ship at least among the cleanliest things of this tidy earth.
And as for the matter of the alleged uncleanliness of our business, ye shall soon be initiated into certain facts hitherto pretty generally unknown, and which, upon the whole, will triumphantly plant the sperm whaleship at least among the cleanliest things of this tidy earth.
In every cubic centimeter of the atmosphere, everywhere on Earth-even in the cleanliest computer rooms: dust.