[adj. klen-lee; adv. kleen-lee] 
adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb | 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. |
| 4. | in a clean manner. |
| 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. |
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