cleanly

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
2. adjective Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
3. adjective Adroit; dexterous; artful.
4. adverb In a clean way, neatly.
5. adverb Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.

   We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly.

6. adverb Innocently; without stain.
7. adverb Adroitly; dexterously.

Similar words

clean flawlessly separable successfully typed fairly correctly properly comme il faut ordered

Often followed by

and in as cut through from with into than

Word family

cleanlier cleanliest