Adverb: cleanly kleen-lee
Usage: archaic
- In a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution
"the motor burns cleanly"
- Smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
"she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall";
- flawlessly
Usage: archaic
- Habitually clean
"cleanly in their persons and habitations"
Derived forms: cleanlier, cleanliest
See also: clean