cleanliness
nounUS, UK /ˈklɛn.li.nᵻs/ · South-Asia /ˈklɛn.li.nɛs/
Etymology From cleanly + -ness.
1
Usually 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
Usually Ritual purity.
- Derived terms
- cleanliness is next to godliness
- Related terms
- cleanness