Definitions for cleanly

cleanly clean·ly

Spelling: [adjective klen-lee; adverb kleen-lee]
IPA: /adjective ˈklɛn li; adverb ˈklin li/

Cleanly is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in cleanly (acellny).

Definitions for cleanly

adverb

  1. in a clean manner.

adjective

  1. personally neat; careful to keep or make clean:
  2. habitually kept clean.
  3. Obsolete. cleansing; making clean.

Origin of cleanly

before 900; Middle English clenlich(e), Old English clǣnlīc, equivalent to clǣne clean + -līc -ly

Examples for cleanly

Don't stick anything in the nose; and nose picking is not cleanly.

But, in the end, it seems the two were unable to break as cleanly as they had hoped.

They are docile, cleanly, quick-witted, and respectful to humbleness.

His hair is cleanly parted to the side, like a high-school yearbook photo.

One day, he took a monk with a cleanly shaven head and had him walk around a light bulb to demonstrate this theory.

That convenient, cleanly cover-all, wot's called the Crinerline!

"Elves" they were called, and they were thought of as a cleanly and kindly race.

Unlike the novel, it never bogs down in ideological sludge and moves swiftly and cleanly from scene to scene.

She had this extraordinary ability to be deeply involved and cleanly detached.

He took pride in his dress and was as cleanly as an Englishman.

Word Value for cleanly
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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