Part 1985

<hw>Clean"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cleanly</er>.]</ety> <def>State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cleanliness</b> from head to heel. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cleanly</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clean"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Cleanlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Cleanliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Clean</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Habitually clean; pure; innocent.</def> "<i>Cleanly</i> joys."

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<blockquote>Some plain but <b>cleanly</b> country maid. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Displays her <b>cleanly</b> platter on the board. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "With <i>cleanly</i> powder dry their hair."

<i>Prior.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Through his fine handling and his <b>cleanly</b> play. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cleanly</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clean"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a clean manner; neatly.</def>

<blockquote>He was very <b>cleanly</b> dressed. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Innocently; without stain.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Adroitly; dexterously.</def>

<i>Middleton.</i>

<h1>Cleanness</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clean"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cl<?/nnes</ets>. See <er>Clean</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being clean.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Cleansable</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleans"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being cleansed.</def>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Cleanse</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleanse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cleansed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cleansing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cl\'d6nsian</ets>, fr. <ets>cl\'d6ne</ets> clean. See <er>Clean</er>.]</ety> <def>To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.</def>

<blockquote>If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son <b>cleanseth</b> us from all sin. <i>1 John i. 7.</i></blockquote>