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What is the adjective for clean?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs clean and cleanse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

clean
  1. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
    1. Not dirty.
    2. In an unmarked condition.
    3. (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
    4. Empty.
    5. (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
  2. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
    1. Pure, especially morally or religiously.
    2. Not having used drugs or alcohol.
    3. (of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
    4. (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
    5. (informal) Devoid of profanity.
  3. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
  4. (obsolete) Total; utter.
  5. (informal) Cool or neat.
  6. That does not damage the environment.
  7. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
  8. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  9. Well-proportioned; shapely.
  10. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “He stood back for a moment to admire his clean car once he had finished washing it.”
      “Make sure your hands are clean before you handle the food.”
      “Every weekend, he would hike up the mountain where he could enjoy nature's clean air.”
cleanly
cleaner
cleane
  1. Obsolete spelling of clean
cleaned
  1. Having been made clean.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is commonly assumed then that the cleaned dishes and utensils are in fact bacteriologically clean.”
      “Put the cleaned fish in a small buttered baking-pan with white wine to moisten, and salt and pepper to season.”
cleanable
  1. That can be cleaned
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The wall must be furnished with easily cleanable tile in order to meet government health and safety standards.”
      “For example, milking parlor design doesn't have to be certified as cleanable.”
      “The motor may be in a washdown area that they want to be as cleanable as possible.”
cleansable
cleansing
  1. That cleanses.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Wash your impurities away with a cleansing soap that doesn't overdry your skin.”
cleanish
  1. somewhat clean
  2. Examples:
    1. “A tablecloth with the least stains and some cleanish glasses would all be put in their proper place.”
      “Note that when anyone else takes out the bar steward's car, it comes back dry, cleanish and not at all broken.”
      “It was pretty funny to see these folk arrive in what is basically a really messy shell, and watch their reactions to having to find a cleanish place to sleep.”
cleanlier
cleanliest
cleanest
cleaning
cleansed
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