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cleanliness - 3 dictionary results

clean⋅ly

[adj. klen-lee; adv. kleen-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb
–adjective
1. personally neat; careful to keep or make clean: The cat is by nature a cleanly animal.
2. habitually kept clean.
3. Obsolete. cleansing; making clean.
–adverb
4. in a clean manner.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME clenlich(e), OE clǣnlīc, equiv. to clǣne clean + -līc -ly


clean⋅li⋅ness [klen-lee-nis] , noun
clean·ly   (klěn'lē)   
adj.   clean·li·er, clean·li·est
Habitually and carefully neat and clean. See Synonyms at clean.
adv.   (klēn'lē)
In a clean manner.
clean'li·ness (klěn'lē-nĭs) n.

Cleanliness

Clean"li*ness\, n. [From Cleanly.] State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

Cleanliness from head to heel. --Swift.
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