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cleanly

[adj. klen-lee; adv. kleen-lee]

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.

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Cleanly is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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

clean·li·ness [klen-lee-nis] , noun

cleanliness, cleanness.
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cleanly
 
adv
1.  in a fair manner
2.  easily or smoothly: the screw went into the wood cleanly
 
adj , -lier, -liest
3.  habitually clean or neat
 
cleanlily
 
adv
 
cleanliness
 
n

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