Cleanly, adj., careful to avoid filth: “the --iest shift is to kiss,” As IV, 1, 77 (instead of spitting, as orators do).* “not neat, but c.” Wint. I, 2, 123. “wherein neat and c., but to carve a capon?” H4A II, 4, 502.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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