cleaner

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Sir, I Had rather like the first best; not onely because it is cleanlier, but because it reflects least upon the other party, which, in all jest and earnest, in this affair, I wish avoided.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John

Nature would do that cleanlier; and waxwork more powerfully!

From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

It has a higher back than the domestic hog, and cleanlier habits; an odoriferous gland on the loins, and three-toed hind feet.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

The little inn was cleanlier and better kept than many of the more pretentious ones.

From British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland by Murphy, Thomas Dowler

His hair and beard were freshly trimmed, and he had a cleanlier look than we have hitherto noticed; moreover, his expression had lost a little of its habitual sullen truculence.

From Till the Clock Stops by Bell, J. J. (John Joy)