clean·ly (kl n l )adj. clean·li·er, clean·li·est Habitually and carefully neat and clean. See Synonyms at clean. adv. (kl nl) In a clean manner. clean li·ness (klnl-n s) n. |
Cleanliness
See also bathing.
an abnormal desire to wash, especially the hands.
1. absence of bacteria of a harmful nature.
2. the techniques of achieving this condition. — aseptic, adj.
2. the techniques of achieving this condition. — aseptic, adj.
an abnormal fear of being dirty.
an abnormal fear or dislike of slime. Also called myxophobia.
an abnormal fear of having an unpleasant body odor.
an abnormal fear of feces.
the process of elutriating, or purification by washing and straining.
freedom fromstainor blemish. — immaculate, adj.
an abnormal fear or dislike of dirt.
blennophobia.
1. a cloth or handkerchief for wiping sweat from the face.
2. a sudatorium.
2. a sudatorium.
a room where a sweat bath is taken. Also called sudarium.
Cleanliness
See Also: ORDER/DISORDER
- Clean and smooth as a peeled onion —O. Henry
- Clean and well-kept as a cemetery —Karl Shapiro
- (Her face) clean and white as a handkerchief —John Ashbery
- Clean as a Band-Aid —Max Apple
- Clean as a bleached bone —Wallace Stegner
- Clean as a convent cell —Vita Sackville-West
- Clean as a hound’s tooth —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
- (His heart felt) clean as a new green leaf —Stephen Vincent Benet
- Clean as a New England kitchen —Anon
- Clean as a newly laundered sheet —Rosamund Pilcher
Pilcher uses the “Clean as a sheet” simile to describe the smoothness and cleanliness of sand when the tide is out in a story entitled The White Birds.
- Clean as a new pin of every penny of debt —Sir Walter Scott
- Clean as a penny —William Robertson
A much used simile to describe anyone who is neatly and cleanly dressed.
- Clean as a pig’s whistle —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
Just plain “Clean as a whistle,” is said to stem from the fact that it takes a clean dry whistle to produce a good sound.
- Clean as a piglet bathed in milk —Mary Gordon
- Clean as a rose is after rain —James Whitcomb Riley
- Clean as a toilet bowl —Lincoln Kirstein
- (The woman was as) clean as a white rose in the morning gauze of dew —Carl Sandburg
- Clean as driftwood —Robert Hass
- (Legs) clean as marble —Beryl Markham
- Clean as new grass when the old grass burns —Carl Sandburg
- Clean as water pouring from a silver tap —Tennessee Williams
- Dirty as a glass roof in a train station —Leonard Cohen
- Dust balls sail like galleons [on a carpet] on the dry sea —Robert Irwin
- Fingernails … like watch crystals —Walker Percy
- Immaculate as a laboratory —Ben Ames Williams
- Spotless as naked innocence —John Smith
- The water’s (of swimming pool) like bouillabaisse. It’s got more things in it than Macy’s window —Noël Coward
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cleanliness - the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections |
| 2. | cleanliness - diligence in keeping clean trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature fastidiousness - the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style; "neatness and fastidiousness of dress" uncleanliness - lack of cleanly habits |
cleanliness
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