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# cleanly

adverb (cleanly)

«cleanly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cleanly means in a neat, smooth way, with one quick even cut or break and no mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#m1)
2. Cleanly means in a clean way, without making things dirty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#m2)
3. In sport, cleanly means fairly and well, without a foul or a fumble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In craft lessons a sharp knife or scissors cut cleanly; in science a bone or stick can break cleanly. In sport a goalkeeper catches the ball cleanly, and a fair tackle is made cleanly. Phrases: cut cleanly, break cleanly, burn cleanly, catch cleanly.

### Examples

- The sharp scissors cut the paper cleanly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x1)
- The branch snapped cleanly in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x2)
- The keeper caught the ball cleanly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x3)
- Gas burns more cleanly than coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x4)
- He won the race cleanly, without pushing anyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x5)
- The vet said the bone had broken cleanly and would heal well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x6)
- Wipe the knife so it slices the cake cleanly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x7)
- Karen herself was dressed very neatly and cleanly; she was taught to read and to sew, and people said that she was pretty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/#x8)

### Note

An adverb: it tells how something is done (cut cleanly). The adjective is «clean». Pronounced KLEEN-lee. Do not confuse with the rare adjective «cleanly» (KLEN-lee), which means keeping oneself clean.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cleanly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleanly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cleanly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cleanly.html) on Mova free.