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Webster 1913 Edition

Cleanly

Clean′ly

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cleanlier
;
sup
erl.
Cleanliest
.]
[From
Clean
.]
1.
Habitually clean; pure; innocent.
“Cleanly joys.”
Glanvill.
Some plain but
cleanly
country maid.
Dryden.
Displays her
cleanly
platter on the board.
Goldsmith.
2.
Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
[Obs.]
“With cleanly powder dry their hair.”
Prior.
3.
Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful.
[Obs.]
Through his fine handling and his
cleanly
play.
Spenser.

Clean′ly

,
adv.
1.
In a clean manner; neatly.
He was very
cleanly
dressed.
Dickens.
2.
Innocently; without stain.
Shak.
3.
Adroitly; dexterously.
Middleton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cleanly

CLEANLY

,
Adj.
clenly. [from clean.]
1.
Free rom dirt, filth, or any foul matter; neat; carefully avoiding filth.
2.
Pure; free from mixture; innocent; as cleanly joys.
3.
Cleansing; making clean; as cleanly powder.
4.
Nice; artful; dextrous; adroit; as a cleanly play; a cleanly evasion.

CLEANLY

,
adv.
In a clean manner; neatly; without filth.

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