clean-cut
having distinct, regular shape: a face with clean-cut features.
clearly outlined.
neat and wholesome: a polite, clean-cut young man.
unambiguously clear; unmistakable; clear-cut: The case against him is a clean-cut one.
Origin of clean-cut
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How to use clean-cut in a sentence
He seems fleshless, bloodless; he might almost be a black man's parody of how a clean-cut white man moves.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession | Pauline Kael | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there is a middle way from clean-cut hunkdom to looking like a militia leader who might boil a hitchhiker alive.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point | Tim Teeman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a smattering of clean-cut sensation seekers and a few actual Hindus as well.
He was clean cut, disciplined and a seemingly happily married father of a beautiful young baby girl.
Can Darren Sharper Beat His Rape Rap With the Kobe Defense? | Eboni K. Williams | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDeclining to be named for this article, they say the abduction and rescue of the TV crew “wasn't as clean cut as stated.”
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They were fine, clean-cut, likable boys, who had come through the war with colors flying.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeHe was a clean-cut man, five-eleven in his stockings, and few men in all that country had a handsomer body.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughHis clean-cut face was quite pallid; the suppressed anger in his eyes was perhaps more difficult to meet than open fury.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanI could see the clean-cut features of the latter, and his gestures, strongly but not flamboyantly made.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughThe hard heads that, at the beginning of a career, lay clean-cut plans of ambition are in an infinitesimal minority.
Dominie Dean | Ellis Parker Butler
British Dictionary definitions for clean-cut
clearly outlined; neat: clean-cut lines of a ship
definite: a clean-cut decision in boxing
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