Definitions
smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
Word origin
From Middle English clenly, clenliche, clanly, from Old English clǣnlīċ (“cleanly, pure, excellent”), equivalent to clean + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“I'l now lead you to an honeſt Ale-houſe, where we ſhall find a cleanly room, Lavender in the windowes, and twenty Ballads ſtuck about the wall; […]”
“[H]is lov'd partner boaſtful of her hoard, Diſplays the cleanly platter on the board; […]”
“There were some flat slabs of rock in the centre, with an excellent well close by, and there we sat in cleanly comfort while we made our first plans for the invasion of this new country.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Without mess”7 letters
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