cleanly

Meanings

Adjective

• Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
• Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
• Adroit; dexterous; artful.

Adverb

• In a clean way, neatly.
• Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage.
• Innocently; without stain.
• Adroitly; dexterously

Related

Opposite words

• uncleanly
• dirty

Origin

• From Middle English clenly, clenliche, clanly, from Old English clǣnlīċ, equivalent to clean + -ly.
• From Middle English clenly, clenli, clenliche, from Old English clǣnlīċe, equivalent to clean + -ly.