Cleanly vs Trim - What's the difference?
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being habitually clean, practising good hygiene
* 1653 , Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
* Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World
(obsolete) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
* Prior
(obsolete) adroit; dexterous; artful
* Spenser
in a clean way
neatly
not causing a mess or unnecessary damage
innocently; without stain
adroitly; dexterously
To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'. The adposition of can be used in present perfect tense to designate the removed part.
To decorate or adorn; especially, to decorate a Christmas tree.
* Milton
* Shakespeare
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, chapter=1 (nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause a vessel to assume, a certain position, or trim, in the water. (FM 55-501).
* 1883 ,
(nautical) To modify the angle of a vessel's sails relative to the wind, especially to set the sails to the most advantageous angle.
(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
* Goldsmith
(carpentry) To dress (timber); to make smooth.
(dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
Dress; gear; ornaments.
* Sir Walter Scott
(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
Sexual intercourse.
(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
Physically fit.
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Slender, lean.
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Neat or smart in appearance.
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*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
*:manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too: he is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
(nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
(nautical) With sails well trimmed.
Cleanly is a related term of trim.
As adjectives the difference between cleanly and trim
is that cleanly is being habitually clean, practising good hygiene while trim is physically fit.As adverbs the difference between cleanly and trim
is that cleanly is in a clean way while trim is (nautical) in good order, properly managed or maintained.As a verb trim is
to reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; eg 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard' the adposition of can be used in present perfect tense to designate the removed part.As a noun trim is
(uncountable) decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.cleanly
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) clenly, clenliche, clanly, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l)Adjective
(en-adj)- I'll now lead you to an honest ale-house, where we shall find a cleanly room, lavender in the windows, and twenty ballads stuck about the wall.
- There were some flat slabs of rock in the centre, with an excellent well close by, and there we sat in cleanly comfort while we made our first plans for the invasion of this new country.
- With cleanly powder dry their hair.
- Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
Derived terms
* cleanliness * uncleanlyAntonyms
* uncleanly * dirtyEtymology 2
From (etyl) clenly, clenli, clenliche, from (etyl) .Adverb
(en-adv)- He was very cleanly dressed. — Dickens.
- We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly .
- Fortunately, the bullet passed cleanly through your shoulder.
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- (Middleton)
trim
English
(wikipedia trim)Verb
- (present perfect example)
- A rotten building newly trimmed over.
- I was trimmed in Julia's gown.
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- The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly.
- The hermit trimmed his little fire.
Noun
(en noun)- Paint the house white with blue trim .
- I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.
- seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim
- The car comes in three different trims .
- to be in good trim
- (Chapman)