'Cleanly' meaning (of a person) 'habitually clean and careful to avoid dirt' is archaic, and should be used with care, e.g. in poetry or period dialogue. Habitually clean and careful to avoid dirt.
Is there such a word as cleanly?
adjective, clean·li·er, clean·li·est. personally neat; careful to keep or make clean: The cat is by nature a cleanly animal. habitually kept clean.
How do you use cleanly in a sentence?
Cleanly sentence example
- He had never in his life seen a horizon so cleanly defined, a pencil line drawn without a breath of haze. ...
- Polynesians generally are of singularly cleanly habits, love bathing, and have a taste for neatness and order.
