How to Use cleanly in a Sentence

cleanly

adverb

• A sharp knife will cut through the skin of a tomato cleanly.
• This fuel burns more cleanly than other fuels.
• The ball caromed off the back of the iron, bounced, hit the side rim and dropped cleanly through the net.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• This will shock the egg, which helps the shell peel off more cleanly.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• De La Salle couldn’t field the ball cleanly and the throw to first base went high.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Javier Báez bounced a grounder back to Doval, who failed to pick up the ball cleanly.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2022
• Spin the wheel to the left and keep moving to straighten out your car and put it cleanly in the space.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022
• Muncy fielded it cleanly and threw to first, but the ball sailed on him.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• But the Bulldogs failed to field the punt cleanly, and Koby Gates was there to scoop up the loose ball at the Bears’ 42.
  — Jim Martinez, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2022
• This will allow the masa to settle so the tamales will cleanly release from the husk.
  — Pati Jinich, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• Gavin Sheets hit a grounder to first that Torkelson couldn’t cleanly field.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022
• Hops and malts are balanced, and the latter comes through cleanly.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
• The Beavers’ infield was playing in on the play and Forrester fielded the grounder cleanly and went home with the ball.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 29 May 2022
• After a couple of steps out of the box, Robert picked up his speed when Michael Massey didn’t field the ball cleanly.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• Mora fielded the ball cleanly, but missed the bag in his haste to record the out, and Morgan scored the game-winner.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 8 Apr. 2023
• Things went poorly for UConn even when Caratan had time to release the ball cleanly.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2022
• But perhaps not as quickly or cleanly as the Fed would like.
  — Simon Moore, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• Scrap all that, because Morris’ shot did swish cleanly through the net.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2022
• The cleanly cut patterns are as precise as the applied pigment is loose and smeary.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and the infield drawn in, Reynolds cleanly fielded a grounder at shortstop and threw to the plate.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 July 2022
• Your knife should always be sharp enough to slice through a soft, ripe tomato cleanly.
  — Marcus Samuelsson, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2022
• Cambridge took one dribble and launched a prayer from behind half court that swished cleanly through the net.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
• Shortstop Elvis Andrus, moving to his left to field it, reached back to his right and could not get to it cleanly.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2022
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough forms a ball and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.
  — Lyda Jones Burnette, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• Slice cleanly: For the cleanest slices, dip your knife in hot water and wipe off between cuts.
  — John Somerall, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
• Next, wind sections of hair around the rollers, ensuring ends are polished and cleanly wrapped and hair is rolled away from the face.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
• The process also ran cleanly, with any risk of overflow contained by the locking lid.
  — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2023
• Just imagine if Morris’ shot bounces off the back rim instead of swishing cleanly through the net.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2022
• The parchment should pull off cleanly after the cake has been inverted.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 17 July 2023
• If McIntyre loses both of those matches and does so cleanly?
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024