Clean-handedly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a clean-handed manner; honestly and forthrightly.
"The notion that the Sabra fights clean-handedly a morally justified war and that Jewish combatants are ever better than any of their opponents, emerges with striking clarity from the chronicles of the 1948 Convoy of the Thirty-five event."
Example
More examples"The notion that the Sabra fights clean-handedly a morally justified war and that Jewish combatants are ever better than any of their opponents, emerges with striking clarity from the chronicles of the 1948 Convoy of the Thirty-five event."
Etymology
From clean-handed + -ly.
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