cleanly

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The slender and rangy left-hander Kemp, almost Ben Stokes-like with a flowing bat swing, hits cleanly straight or, as shown with her two sixes against Scotland, over mid-wicket.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

As a result, manufacturers would have more flexibility to remove the top sulfur layer cleanly while preserving the rest of the material.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

The ball shot to his left, where second baseman Santiago Espinal tried to salvage the play but couldn’t pick up the ricochet cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Though he didn’t lay a fingertip on the basketball, Robinson accomplished his mission, stretching his long arms into an obstacle even the super-sized Wembanyama couldn’t shoot over cleanly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Brown hair brushed neatly to one side, eyes dark like a shark’s, a hard wedge of a naked chin, his cheeks cleanly shaven.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros