adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cut sth cleanly (= with no uneven edges )
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Branches should be cut cleanly from the tree.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.
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It has a shorter, more abrupt mould-board, which breaks the furrow but does not bury rubbish so cleanly .
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She would concentrate on the job in hand instead, and get it done as quickly and cleanly as possible.
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Susan Burling was a pretty girl, small and cleanly made.
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The hollow- ground blade, made from chrome-plated carbon steel, will cut cleanly through branches of up to three-inches in diameter.
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The knife glinted and the keg fell away cleanly .
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The two cleanly scrubbed grunts had made a final discovery: land mines last and last.