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Meanings of cut cleanly in English

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Usage of cut cleanly in English
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Why cut cleanly through the French door then smash mirrors and pictures?
Monday Mourning
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The anchor rope had been cut cleanly with a sharp knife.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat; Or, the Stormy Cruise of the Red ...
3
The young Frenchman rescued his hat which had a hole cut cleanly through the crown.
Fighting in France
4
I think you should cut and cut cleanly.
Reuters
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The thread cut cleanly through the steel.
Ringworld
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The dead and the wounded, the first lieutenant cut cleanly in half by a massive French ball.
Beyond the Reef
7
All screw holes should be cut cleanly through the paper, and give plenty of room for the screws.
Things To Make
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Richard's words were cut cleanly off.
The talisman
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This was a highly sharpened blade, and long enough to cut cleanly across the entire expanse of neck.
Book of shadows
10
The grippy had been cut cleanly along a plane surface, and the cut surface polished to mirror brightness.
Ringworld
11
Choose healthy and unblemished stems grown last year, no thicker than a pencil, and cut cleanly just above a bud.
The Irish Times
12
He said he needed to teach me a lesson, so he took a filleting knife and cut cleanly across my wrist.
Into the Water
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The middle hill had a cleft top, like a wedge cut cleanly out, while the hill on the left had two.
Knife of dreams
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His cheeks were leaner, browner, and a new white scar cut cleanly through his flesh from his temple to his jaw.
Burning up
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The machines had cleaved right through the earth and I could see where they had just dislodged or cut cleanly through old coffins.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
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There was only about six inches of the leash remaining, and it looked as if it had been cut cleanly with some kind of shear.
The flock
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