• IPA: /ˈklɛnli/

cleanly (comparative cleanlier, superlative cleanliest)

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

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3. (obsolete) Adroit; dexterous; artful.

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   • 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society

     While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard,

     Displays the cleanly platter on the board;

• uncleanly
• dirty

• German: reinlich
• Russian: чистопло́тный

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈkliːnli/

cleanly (comparative cleanlier, superlative cleanliest)

1. In a clean way, neatly.
   • 1849 May – 1850 November​, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156 ↗:

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2. Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.

   We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly.

   Fortunately, the bullet passed cleanly through your shoulder.

3. Innocently; without stain.
4. Adroitly; dexterously

• French: proprement
• Spanish: limpiamente