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cleanly

[klen-lee, kleen-lee] / ˈklɛn li, ˈklin li /
ADVERB
neat
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Index funds should enable investors to capture that return cleanly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The England wing took the first cleanly and tapped the second back to Joe Heyes.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Each slice cuts cleanly, like something that has been thought through.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

The protein needed to switch cleanly between active and inactive states for the cell to survive.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

“Stick,” I say, passing the baton cleanly into her hand.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée