Meanings
adjectivecleanish (comparative more cleanish, superlative most cleanish)
comparative more cleanish · superlative most cleanish
- Somewhat clean (all senses).
On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it.
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 32, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 213
Origin
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cleanish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanish
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“cleanish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleanish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanish.
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