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cleary

n. A clear marble, usually colored, but without decoration or design.

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Cleary

Cleary may refer to:

  • Cleary (surname), people with the surname Cleary
  • Cleary University, a private business school
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm
Cleary (surname)

Cleary is an Irish surname; which derives from Gaelic Ó Cléirigh/Mac Cleirigh, meaning 'descendent or son of cleric. it may relate to:

  • Bernard Cleary (born 1937), Canadian politician
  • Beverly Cleary (born 1916), American author
  • Bill Cleary (born 1934), American hockey player
  • Brendan Cleary (born 1958), Irish poet
  • Brian P. Cleary (born 1959), American humorist, poet and author
  • Daniel Cleary (born 1978), Canadian hockey player
  • Gabriel Cleary, Irish engineer
  • Ivan Cleary, rugby league footballer and coach
  • Joe Cleary (1918–2004), Irish baseball player
  • John Cleary (disambiguation)
  • Jon Cleary (born 1917), Australian author
  • Jon Cleary (musician) (born 1962), American musician
  • Mark Cleary (professor) (born 1954), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford
  • Michael Cleary, various including
    • Michael Cleary (rugby) (born 1940), Australian politician and dual-code rugby footballer
    • Michael J. Cleary (Roman Catholic Bishop) (born 1925), Irish bishop
    • Michael Cleary (hurler) (born 1966), former Irish hurler for Nenagh Éire Óg and Tipperary
    • Father Michael Cleary (died 1993), Irish Roman Catholic priest
  • Nikki Cleary (born 1988), American singer
  • Paul Cleary (born 1976), Australian middle-distance runner
  • Phil Cleary (born 1952), Australian commentator
  • Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University
  • Sean Cleary (footballer) (born 1983), Irish football player
  • Sean Cleary (rugby league), Irish rugby league footballer
  • Thomas Cleary, author & translator
  • William J. Cleary (1870–1952), American politician

Usage examples of "cleary".

Across the narrow, granite-walled laboratory, Nella Cleary hunched over the bluescreen at a massive desk Phoena had purchased to flatter her.

He scanned the site of the breakfast - the basement of the First Presbyterian Church of Cleary - and motioned to a nearby paper-tablecloth-covered card table.

The Cleary Volunteer Fire Department had a long history of proud firefighting and a photo gallery to prove it.

The Cleary moms and dads were gossiping and doing some serious eating.

Like a lot of buildings in Cleary, the clinic was left open even when the all-night nurse went out for coffee, or - as in this case - to buy batteries for her Walkman.

He drove past the sign that said Welcome to Cleary and continued into the blackness.

This eastern branch of the tunnel had been used for medical projects in the past, and Cleary seemed most satisfied to be installed here.

It had been three days since they'd pulled off the Interstate here in Cleary, New York.

He couldn't remember if there were parking meters in downtown Cleary but if so there was one less now.

His reaction to the place was the same as on the day they'd arrived in Cleary, the day Marty had spotted the cemetery from the highway.

They paid the premium for the New York Times but Keith preferred the Cleary Leader, which if you read it regularly would really scare the hell out of you, and make you think that Dutchess County was filled with nothing but murderers, child molesters and the mournful classmates of teenagers who'd driven the family car into trains while tanked up on their father's vodka.

The room was decorated with one yellowing ficus tree, some primitive paintings of houses one broker's daughter had done in grade school and a huge roll-up map of Cleary and environs, which made the town look more impressive than it ever could in person.

He's your perfect citizen of Cleary: snotty, confident, comforting as long as you share his race and ancestry.

They were Little League coaches and they worked regularly at the Cleary Boys' Club and the Future Farmers of America.

He'd decided a real estate broker could give him a good run-down on the cast of characters in Cleary - and who might not want a movie made here.