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Cleanly Common

Cleanly has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
1

habitually clean

"cleanly in their persons and habitations"

2

Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.

Adverb
1

smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly

"the gymnast landed flawlessly"

"she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"

"he bounced it cleanly off the wall"

2

in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution

"the motor burns cleanly"

3

In a clean way, neatly.

Example Sentences
"cleanly in their persons and habitations" adjective
"the gymnast landed flawlessly" adverb
"she played the piano accompaniment cleanly" adverb
"he bounced it cleanly off the wall" adverb
"the motor burns cleanly" adverb
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Rhyming Words
inly only winly manly nunly wanly sonly sunly noonly lionly soonly cornly vainly dernly evenly swanly openly mainly meanly gainly
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