Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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cleanly

/ˈkliːnli/ adjective, adverb

Forms cleanlier cleanliest clenly

  1. adjective Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
  2. adjective (obsolete) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc.
  3. adjective (obsolete) Adroit; dexterous; artful.
  4. adverb In a clean way, neatly.
  5. adverb Not causing a mess or unnecessary damage. “We agreed to break off our relationship cleanly.”
  6. adverb Innocently; without stain.
  7. adverb Adroitly; dexterously

Synonyms

purely sinlessly blamelessly guiltlessly innocently irreprehensibly unblameably unblamefully flawlessly

Antonyms

uncleanly dirty

Etymology

From Middle English clenly, clenliche, clanly, from Old English clǣnlīċ (“cleanly, pure, excellent”), equivalent to clean + -ly.

From Middle English clenly, clenli, clenliche, from Old English clǣnlīċe (“cleanly”), equivalent to clean + -ly.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill.
  2. adjective Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.
  3. adverb In a clean manner; neatly.
  4. adverb Innocently; without stain. Shak.

Etymology [From Clean.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cleanly”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “cleanly” (best matches first).