as in legally
according to the rules or the law
it was a cleanly fought match, so you have no grounds for complaint
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as in sanitary
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Recent Examples of cleanly
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The error put two on with no outs for Will Smith, who chopped a grounder to the shortstop hole that Anthony Volpe fielded cleanly.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Javier Cabral, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2023
De La Hoya rematch, advancing them with rich archival footage presented in cleanly chronological fashion.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
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Even if Rhodes did indicate in a recent promo that there would be a decisive winner in this dream match, this is one of those bouts where WWE having one of its biggest stars lose cleanly could do more harm than good.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The error put two on with no outs for Will Smith, who chopped a grounder to the shortstop hole that Anthony Volpe fielded cleanly.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Other options like the fall apart-tender pork belly taco, topped with sour-sweet tamarind salsa, cleanly acidic gooseberry salsa, and bright serranos round out the thoughtful menu at Guerilla Tacos.
—Javier Cabral, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2023
De La Hoya rematch, advancing them with rich archival footage presented in cleanly chronological fashion.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
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State law prohibits the use of drones to scout, search for or detect wild animals, but you are allowed to use a drone with an infrared camera as an aid to retrieve the body of a wild animal that was legally hunted.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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In his third video, Charalambous said he was legally allowed to drive his Cybertruck in the UK because the Albanian seller had provided him with a green card, an international certificate of insurance issued in Albania.Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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He has been housed on the medical wing at Rikers, which lacks basic medical care, blankets, clean clothes and sanitary conditions, Ansari says.Emily Smith, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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The order also indicates water has been shut off, trash is piled in heaps across the living room and other living quarters, and sanitary conditions are unlivable.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2024
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The vast backdrop is beautiful but only moderately less foreboding than the oppressively sterile office where most of Season 1 takes place.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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States committed, on average, about 2% for syringe service programs, through which people can get sterile needles.Aneri Pattani, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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That meant that grooming, as a hygienic behavior, gradually started to lose its relevance and our bouts of grooming started getting shorter.ByPhie Jacobs, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
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In the post-pandemic scenario, using QR codes for payment has become a norm due to quick transactions, ease of use and a hygienic approach to payment.Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Two of the league’s best pure scorers and most pugnacious alpha dogs go at it Wednesday, with each trying more than 10 3-pointers a game this season.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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After recapturing Jerusalem’s Holy Temple, which had been converted into a place of idol worship, the website says, the Maccabees searched for pure oil with which to light the Temple menorah.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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On taking office, the 76-year-old Temer could have appointed aides who were untainted by the Car Wash scandal.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2017
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The White House is untainted by scandal, the incumbent party is charismatic.Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
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Last month, Hailey revealed a glimpse into the couple’s life with son Jack Blues in a wholesome carousel post on Instagram.Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Jackson family gathered this past Sunday (Dec. 1) to commemorate the holiday season, with singer La Toya Jackson giving her social media followers a peak inside of the wholesome event.Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Multigenerational trips where families rent houses are popular here, too, and the biggest nightlife activity is stargazing under the unpolluted sky and looking for fiddler crabs on the beach.Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
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In a natural, unpolluted environment hawkmoths might fly 80 kilometers in a night and be able to home in on flowers from kilometers away.Popular Science, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Cleanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanly. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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