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cleanly

/ˈklinli/KLEEN-lee
/ˈklinli/KLEEN-lee

Meaningin a clean way

Common meaning: neatly and without mess

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishclænesource
  2. Middle Englishclenesource
  3. Englishclean‘free from dirt’
  4. Englishformed in English from cleancleanly‘neatly and without mess’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from clean + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CLEAN, p.113 · scan

Source words

  • clæne Old English · source word “free from dirt”

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