CLEANLY

a. adv.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

2.
a.

Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.

3.
a.

Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.] Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. Spenser.

4.
adv.

In a clean manner; neatly. He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.

5.
adv.

Innocently; without stain. Shak.

6.
adv.

Adroitly; dexterously. Middleton.

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