I resolved to break up with her cleanly.
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Cleanly
//ˈklɛnli//
Synonyms for "cleanly" (46 found)
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Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
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Translations
18 translations across 15 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təmizkar adj (being habitually clean)
Catalan
1 entries- netament adv (in a clean way)
Czech
1 entries- čistotný adj (being habitually clean)
Danish
1 entries- renlig adj (being habitually clean)
Finnish
1 entries- puhtaasti adv (in a clean way)
French
2 entries- propre sur soi adj (being habitually clean)
- proprement adv (in a clean way)
German
1 entries- reinlich adj (being habitually clean)
Latin
1 entries- munditer adv (in a clean way)
Latvian
2 entries- tīrīgs adj (being habitually clean)
- tīri adv (in a clean way)
Norman
1 entries- proprément adv (in a clean way)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hygienisk adj (being habitually clean)
- renslig adj (being habitually clean)
Old English
1 entries- clǣnlīċe adv (in a clean way)
Russian
1 entries- чистопло́тный adj (being habitually clean)
Spanish
1 entries- limpiamente adv (in a clean way)
Swedish
1 entries- renlig adj (being habitually clean)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The casting came cleanly out of its mold.
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It is impossible for me to cleanly crack an egg with both hands.
Source: tatoeba (1302644)
How do you take off the shell of a boiled egg cleanly? Is there some sort of trick?
Source: tatoeba (2698819)
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