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Pure is a related term of cleanly.


As a noun pure

is puree,.

As an adjective cleanly is

being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.

As an adverb cleanly is

in a clean way.

pure

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
  • * (1800-1859)
    • Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
  • (senseid)Free of foreign material or pollutants.
  • * (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
    • A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
  • * Bible, v. 22
    • Keep thyself pure .
  • (label) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • (label) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
  • (label) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.

    • Synonyms

    * perfect * innocent * See also

    Antonyms

    * impure, contaminated * (done for its own sake) applied

    Derived terms

    * pure finder * as pure as the driven snow

    Related terms

    * purification * purify * purity * puritan * puritanism * purist * purism

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
    • You’re pure busy.

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    cleanly

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) clenly, clenliche, clanly, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • being habitually clean, practising good hygiene
  • * 1653 , Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
    • 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.
  • * Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World
    • 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.
  • (obsolete) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
  • * Prior
    • With cleanly powder dry their hair.
  • (obsolete) adroit; dexterous; artful
  • * Spenser
    • Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
    Derived terms
    * cleanliness * uncleanly
    Antonyms
    * uncleanly * dirty

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) clenly, clenli, clenliche, from (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • in a clean way
  • neatly
    • He was very cleanly dressed. — Dickens.
  • not causing a mess or unnecessary damage
    • We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly .
    Fortunately, the bullet passed cleanly through your shoulder.
  • innocently; without stain
    • (Shakespeare)
  • adroitly; dexterously
    • (Middleton)