cleanly

Meaning

Adj

1. Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
2. (obsolete) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
3. (obsolete) Adroit; dexterous; artful.

Adv

1. In a clean way, neatly.
2. Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.
3. Innocently; without stain.
4. Adroitly; dexterously

Synonyms

neatly

clean

tidily

neat

purely

clearly

tidy

clear

properly

natty

net

flawlessly

carefully

kempt

markedly

mile

nicely

nifty

palpably

plain

plainly

pointedly

presentable

pure

realistically

sanitarily

sanitary

sharply

sheer

smart

smokeless

snugly

soundly

spick-and-span

spotlessly

straight

strictly

swearing

tactfully

totally

trim

trimmed

uncluttered

wholly

in spades

ruly

without trouble

with a snap

apparently

unlittered

blank

clean-cut

cloudless

completely

cool

🆒

cut

distinctly

entirely

evidently

explicitly

harmoniously

hygienically

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɛnli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clenly

Inherited from Old English: clǣnlīċ

Inherited from Old English: clǣnlīċe

In summary

From Middle English clenly, clenliche, clanly, from Old English clǣnlīċ (“cleanly, pure, excellent”), equivalent to clean + -ly.