cleanliness

Etymology

cleanly + -ness

noun

  1. The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
    Both engines and carriages were maintained in admirable cleanliness, and a very high standard of neatness characterised the permanent way and lineside buildings. 1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 137
  2. Ritual purity.

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