clean
adjective
free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained.
overclean
-
a word derived from
clean.
Example Sentences
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He leant forward and prodded the table with a short, stout finger--not overclean according to the ideas of a later time.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
The iron ship was staunch, though not overclean.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by William Elliot Griffis
And the native cheese!—meagre cheese, as it is justly called—a poor, insipid, not overclean curd cheese.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 by Various
The lights were still on, however, in the hallways, revealing not overclean stairs and, for a wonder, an electric elevator.
From The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart
In his red shirt and coarse breeches, and brown, not overclean skin, he certainly didn't look much like a gentleman in the conventional sense of that term.
From Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake by Horatio Alger
